On 10 May 2013 07:05, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 08.05.2013 um 17:32 schrieb Liam Proven: > >> This may be a silly question - forgive me if so. >> >> Is there a current GNUstep-based distribution, at all? > > There is also the QuantumSTEP project. It is sort of a twin to GNUstep, > sharing some source code fragments. And sometimes it is completely > independent. > > Its idea is to use a Debian base installation with X11 and then just > apt-get install all the packages needed. I.e. no other config required. > apt-get upgrade loads newer versions. > > The packages are cross-compiled for armel, armhf, i386, mipsel > to link against the standard Debian Wheezy packages. > > It is X11 based but has its own window manager, so that it is more difficult > to mix non-QuantumStep applications. > > This is because its main target are smart phones and tablets where > arbitrary applications and window managers are rarely optimized for > unusual screen dimensions and orientations. So arbitrary applications > are typically not useable completely. > > QuantumSTEP is still work in progress. And one or two fundamental > mechanisms are missing before we can make a first general release. > And the most interesting armhf build is currently broken and incomplete. > > If you are interested I can help you to experiment with a "beta".
Thank you for the offer, but I do not own any suitable hardware and I am not sure that my technical skills are sufficient to offer any useful input. :¬( -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: [email protected] • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: [email protected] • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
