Re: The Goal of Gnome

2017-04-10 Thread Richard Stallman
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

Re: The Goal of Gnome

2017-04-09 Thread joshbaldwin42 .
, concrete view of the actual programs under the GNOME umbrella. Why does GNOME have gtk+ and desktop UI programs but also a calculator and cookbook? Is a goal of GNOME to support all non-critical software of a computer (that is, pieces GNU is not supporting)? Can a math library be apart of GNO

Re: The Goal of Gnome

2017-02-09 Thread Richard Stallman
[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] Since a similar question arises for the GNU system as a whole, our experience might

Re: The Goal of Gnome

2017-02-08 Thread Nuritzi Sanchez
on for the GNOME Foundation. > > What is your goal? GNOME supports a wide range of applications and > libraries. What makes a piece of software GNOME? Why would you want a > specific piece of software under GNOME? Do you have priority projects to > fit your vision similar to the FSF h

The Goal of Gnome

2017-02-03 Thread joshbaldwin42 .
Hello! I'm not sure the correct group to contact with this question, so feel free to send me elsewhere. I was reading all about the GNOME Foundation and tools. But what struck me is the lack of an overall vision for the GNOME Foundation. What is your goal? GNOME supports a wide range