Hi,
I see your point about QT and there are QT apps out there but KDE very
quickly took up the title of Desktop Enviroment based on QT. GAP is
just a few applications at the moment, they are doing good things but
I don't get the impression they are building a desktop. Backbone has
been dead for many years. There are many good applications out there
built on the GNUstep libraries, it is confusing if you say I should
not call those GNUstep applications. So I guess what we need is a
name for everything GNUstep is not, LastStep, OtherStep, I don't know,
should be something catchy and still pay tribute to NeXTstep roots.
I think you miss a bit the point. Why dilute the efforts more? There are
three more or less active "desktop" projects: Etoile, GAP and Backbone.
They have different philosophies and different ways to approach their
goals and also consequently different roads to completions.
Resources are limited, so progress is what it can be. COmpare to what
Etoile and GAP where 2 years ago.
Also, nothing prevents you from mixing, you can install TextEdit from
Backbone and LaternaMagica from GAP. GAP tries to have maintain the
classic interface.
GNUstep itself offers inside its user applications and example very
useful tools for a desktop: workspace, system preferences, Ink... GAP
for example doesn't want to duplicate them (for now, at least). But it
is unlikely that new applications will be added to GNUstep itself if
there is not a compelling reason, but those existing can be improved of
course.
Riccardo
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