Hi, Am Freitag, Dezember 17, 2021 22:48 CET, schrieb Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]>:
> Hi Liam, > > On 2021-12-16 17:22:07 +0100 Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> To my knowledge it is outdated, last referenced version I see is 2017. > > > > That's odd. I do not see the message you're replying to in this thread. > > > > Anyway, yes, there was a demo LiveCD, and also a (IMHO very cluttered) VM > > image. > > > > But that makes the system look outdated & archaic. > > I agree, the last version of the LiveCD was cluttered, incomplete too and had > issues; it was never sorted out. Also it was a very strange combination of > BSD kernel with Debian. I would prefer one or the other. > > One Step to GNUstep instead was very plished and complete, but only a VM. > > The LiveCD was assembled with Debian packages, so there was the issue of > non-present packages and release-cycles. I remember Gürkan had to fight with > these and take compromises. It was still quite some work he did > > > > I submit we need installable binary packages for at least 1 current, > > mainstream Linux distro, making it as easy to get a GNUstep system up > > and running as it is to get any other Linux desktop environment. > > Debian offers current packages and installing them is easy. > Gentoo does too. > > > > > No, not BSD; while I admire all the BSDs, they are not beginner-friendly > > OSes. > > Debatable… I use all of them, and was amazed at how "easy" BSDs have become. > True, you need not to fear the command line, but beginners are not alike, > some are not stupid, just beginners. > NetBSD, OpenBSD carry GNUstep packages and they provide binary packages. > Installing on an Intel Laptop was a piece of cake, all setup with questions, > then with "pkgin install xxx" "pkg On OpenBSD, it's just a two step process to get a GNUstep desktop: sudo pkg_add gnustep and then create/edit your .xsession: gpbs gdnc wmaker & GWorkspace And then that's what you get with the pkg_add command: https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/meta/gnustep/Makefile?rev=1.13&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup libobjc2 is still 1.8.1, as I had quite trouble updating to newer versions, but the rest of it is all latest releases. cheers, Sebastian
