The aim of Gnome is to be a graphic desktop for the GNU operating system. That's the purpose for which we launched Gnome.
There is no hard and fast limit for what kinds of programs a Unix-like operating system can contain. (The first GNU Chess came out around 1989.) Likewise, a desktop can contain all sorts of graphical packages. There is no precise boundary for what _can_ be included. But there are essential things that _must_ be included. A Unix-like system has to have a C library, and its desktop has to contain a toolkit library such as GTK+. The desktop would be sort of pitiful if it did not contain a file navigator, system control panels, etc. Naturally, Gnome has them. However, it wouldn't make sense for non-graphic, non-desktop programs to be included in Gnome. It would be more natural to classify them elsewhere. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
