Hi Riccardo, >> What's the quickest and cleanest way to set up a Linux/GNUstep machine on >> current hardware? Which distro do you recommend? Is there a todo-list >> somewhere to get from naked hardware to a working GNUstep desktop somewhere? > > That opens a can of worms! > > However, I have a ThinkPad running Ubuntu 16 with WindowMaker, I took the > time this weekend to update everythin, recompile all GNUstep and confirm it > works perfectly. > Thus... there must be something specific on your side.
On the specific machine preinstalled with Ubuntu 16 I always got "System program problem detected" panels after logging in. When I click on "Reprot problem" it says "Please enter your password to access problem reports of systems programs". I thought that was due to a smashed installation. But I installed Ubuntu 16.04 from scratch on a VirtualBox virtual machine in the meanwhile to sort out the reported GNUstep problems and got the same error panels there as well. So this really seems to be a generic Ubuntu 16 problem (not machine or installation related). Do you get those as well? How did you install Window Maker on your Ubuntu 16? I would like to give Freds test program a try under Window Maker to see whether it also shows the wrong behaviour. > Solaris is now just a niche server OS, since there are no more workstations. > > If you still have it somewhere though, I created and try to maintain several > gnustep packages for it! I never announced it because I still miss some > packages, howver, check on https://www.opencsw.org/ > <https://www.opencsw.org/> All the "core" stuff is there, I am in the process > of upgrading the rest. > > gnustep_back <https://www.opencsw.org/packages/CSWgnustep-back> > 0.26.0,REV=2018.04.29 GNUstep-core back > gnustep_base <https://www.opencsw.org/packages/CSWgnustep-base> > 1.25.1,REV=2018.03.26 GNUstep-core base > gnustep_gui <https://www.opencsw.org/packages/CSWgnustep-gui> > 0.26.2,REV=2018.04.28 GNUstep-core gui > gnustep_make <https://www.opencsw.org/packages/CSWgnustep-make> > 2.7.0,REV=2018.01.30 GNUstep-core make > > > > > That's cool. Thanks a lot. I will give them a try soon. But for this special project I currently have on the table I need to get window resizing (auto relayouting) running on the special hardware with Ubuntu 16 installed. As you can see in my last few mails the current GNUstep missives here a bit. :-( Best wishes, Andreas
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