I would suggest that OpenGEM get moved to Extras.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 2:07 PM Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote:
>
> As I mentioned in my other email, I don't think we need to have
> Graphical Desktops included in FreeDOS. I propose that we remove
> Graphical Desktops from the next FreeDOS, starting with the next
> FreeDOS Test release.
>
> Graphical Desktops were a neat experiment, long ago. We used to have a
> few desktops in FreeDOS, including Desktop2 (which was really just a
> graphical menu and file launcher). Today, we have three desktops in
> the FreeDOS distribution, under the "Graphical Desktops" group:
>
> 1. OpenGEM
>
> This is a very nice graphical desktop that is basically the old GEM
> desktop ("Graphics Environment Manager"). If you used DR-DOS, you may
> have seen GEM. It works well and is solid. But no one writes apps for
> OpenGEM - and without apps, it doesn't really add much value. The
> packages are broken (wrong paths) but that is fixable.
>
> I propose we remove OpenGEM from the distribution anyway.
>
> 2. oZone GUI
>
> This is a nice-looking GUI, but it has some noticeable bugs. Even the
> included Minesweeper game doesn't count properly (see 3:40 in
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw-Fx5k7Smg)
>
> I don't foresee anyone fixing these bugs. And like OpenGEM, it
> includes a few built-in apps, but no one is writing new apps for it.
> Without apps, it doesn't do much more than a graphical menu program.
>
> I propose we remove oZone GUI from the FreeDOS distribution.
>
> 3. SEAL
>
> This is another nice-looking GUI, and if I recall correctly, a version
> of SEAL became Qube OS. This has a few built-in apps, but no one is
> making new apps for it. And without apps, it doesn't do much more than
> a graphical file launcher.
>
> I propose we remove SEAL from the FreeDOS distribution.
>
> Jim
>
>
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