Hi Patrick,
On 05/25/13 02:39, Patrick Mc(avery wrote:
Hi Richard
Actually I am not looking for a Windows clone, just a software-correct
GUI. I don't need much too. I need text input widgets and a way to
display graphs. The graphs could be grammatically created images that
are independent of the window manager and widget toolkit but simply
presented to the user.
I'm no expert, but based on this I'd say you're looking for a GUI
framework, that is also build for code correctness, to write your
application in. In that case you might look into the EFL[1][2]
(Enlightenment Foundation Libraries). I haven't looked at the API
myself, but from what I've read about it it's supposed to be
(relatively) lightweight, cross-platform, modular, supports the more
standardized ways of desktop communication, and is BSD licensed.
Furthermore I have been using E17 (Enlightenment 17 desktop environment)
for a while and I must say that I think it's one of the more visually
calm and easy environments (but that's pure taste of course). It does
run quite smoothly on my (old) OpenBSD laptop. Although I tested far
from all the features, since I prefer to spent most of my time on the
terminal (it must be a glitch of sort of mine).
It's not the most widely used framework, so it might give you some extra
bloat and inconsistency in look for applications written in other
frameworks, like GTK, Qt. The bloat shouldn't be any problem on modern
systems and the inconsistency in looks are up to you to decide if that
annoys you.
XFCE was okay on Linux but I still had some issues. XFCE on Fedora was a
train wreck.
It was really quite a lot of links to non-installed programs and it's
not about what I can sort though, it's that I want to present an open
source OS to people who have never used one. It has to follow the law of
least astonishment.
Hi good0Th
I don't really need prettiness but thanks for the post.
-Patrick
On 13-05-24 07:14 PM, Richard Toohey wrote:
On 05/25/13 10:48, Patrick Mc(avery wrote:
Hi Everyone
[chop]
While about 7 out of the 9 years with Linux have been good, the
graphical experience on Linux has plummeted for me. I don't really
want to send prospective customers to Linux any more. I am fearing
that Windows may end up being my only option.
Which Windows GUI is that?
Last version I liked was Windows 2000; XP was OK, 7 a disaster, and
sounds like Microsoft are backpedaling on Windows 8 and the tile-based
approach.
Not sure there is any perfect GUI - if you are looking for something
exactly like Windows, then you are going to have Windows (but as I say,
"Windows" is a moving target - you talking about XP, 7 or 8, or "Blue"?)
KDE 4 and Gnome 3 have been big jumps from their previous versions.
I've been through KDE 3.5.10 to Gnome 3 to cwm, currently on XFCE which
suits me personally.
If you get put off by a few links to non-installed applications, then
don't think much is going to help you.
OS X looks nice, but there are a few frustrations in there, too. And if
your customers prefer the Windows experience, then it's no help - it's
not Windows, it is different.
Anyway, everything is meant to be on the cloud, Web 2.0 (or is it 3.0),
iOS, Android, etc. so no-one cares about the desktop anymore. Yeah,
right!
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Martijn van Duren
[1] http://www.enlightenment.org/
[2] http://openports.se/x11/e17
