On 25/04/14 10:32, PCMan wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Ryan Bramantya <ryanb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello everybody. >> >> I just want to inform you that PC-BSD (desktop version of FreeBSD) is in >> progress of making new desktop environment called Lumina. For information >> that I got Lumina is a lightweight, qt-based, stable, fast-running desktop >> environment. My conclusion is Lumina share same goal as LXQT desktop. When I >> ask them about possibility to collaborate with LXQT project, they answer >> that it wasn't possible for following reason: >> >> LXQT is based on OpenBox, while Lumina is based on Fluxbox. > LxQt is not based on anything. It can be used with any standard compliant WMs. > It just uses openbox by default. You can change it to fluxbox. > >> LXQT is GPL licensed, while Lumina is BSD licensed. > Well, it's a mix of GPL and LGPL. This is the major problem for them, I guess. > >> 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. > LXQt is not Linux-centric. It's Linux-friendly. > It's just because the developers are all using Linux, so we can > support it better. > If there are some FreeBSD developers who can join us, I'm sure we can > make it work for BSD. > Actually, the major components all support FreeBSD. They just need to > be re-compiled. > We use systemd, but it's optional. Several panel applets are using > Linux-specific thing like > upower and udisks,but they can be turned off. I don't really see any > reason why it won't work for BSD. > It just won't work as good as in Linux if we don't have developers who > can work on it.
BTW I plan to rework udisk/upower stuff to kde framework Solid later: http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4/Solid it can solve all those dependencies out of the box for us > >> 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. > Please help us test LXQt on FreeBSD and let us know what things are broken. > If you have patches for BSD I'm willing to help review them. > We support Linux because we're Linux users, not because we don't like BSD. > The only real issue for the BSD guys is the licensing problem, and > that's the real problem. > >> For more information, you may want to read this forum thread (Beanpole aka >> Ken Moore is PC-BSD developer) >> -- >> Best regards, >> Ryan Bram > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
