Both thanks for the clarifiation. I will give windowmanager and etoille a try.
Roelof ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:18:59 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: gnustep question > > Hi, > > Roelof Wobben wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I want to try gnustep instead of the big WM as KDE and Gnome. > > But I wonder if I can use gnustep alone or must I use a wm like etoille to > > see if this is something for me. > > > You definitely need a window manager. WindowMaker is suggested, but > nothing prevents you to run GNUstep applications inside any KDE or Gnome. > > At its core, GNUstep is only a bunch of frameworks for OpenStep. The > GNUstep project also supplies some developer tools (ProjectCenter, Gorm, > EasyDiff...) and some essential user tools (GWorkspace, > SystemPreferences, examples) which a are absolutely optional and can be > replaced at your will. > > You may want to look at our application list on the Wiki and have a look > at the two projects wanting to supply GNUstep with the rest to make a > Destkop environment: étoilé (etoileos.com) and the GNUstep Application > Project (GAP: gap.nongnu.org). > > Nothing prevents you to do some mix&match. > > I suggest you to look at the various applications, read around on our > website and try to make yourself an idea of what is available, since > some applications are stand-alone projects > (http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Category:Applications). > > > Riccardo _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
