On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 02:14:01PM +0700, Ryan Bramantya wrote: > 3. LXQT is Linux-specific, while Lumina is targeting FreeBSD (although > it would probably only take a few minor changes to make it work on Linux > too). The Razor-QT project (which LXDE has merged with) has been > notoriously Linux-centric, such that it could not even be ported over to > FreeBSD, so I don't get my hopes up that anything they produce will work on > FreeBSD. > > As an user who love both project, please find a way (maybe can be started > by doing some initial discussion) for making collaboration between LXQT and > PC-BSD's Lumina possible.
I wonder whether there is a way to implement a desktop environment without tying it hard to a specific platform. In other words, is there any hope for an abstraction layer which at the same time would be sufficient for a satisfactory user experience _and_ implementable on top of different kernels? In the early unix days such an abstraction layer was present at around the system call level. X11 added for graphics another interface which was designed to also give a common abstraction layer. Nowadays regarding desktop systems the abstraction point seems to have come all the way up, where the (G)UI implementation _must_ be designed all the way for a certain kernel/OS architecture. This is hardly good for the development (reducing efficiency and suppressing diversity). Neither does this correspond to the users' best interests. Is the situation really that bad and unfixable? Or does e.g. Lumina offer a viable approach to solve these issues? Rune ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list Lxde-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
