Am 10.05.2013 um 14:21 schrieb Liam Proven: > 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
There is also an i386 build. Care has been taken for small screens but it also works on big screens. -- hns _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
