GUI without X11 / Artist Help

[Jesse Ross]

Hi!

I am an artist and graphic designer who recently discovered the GNUstep 
project. I first tried out the LiveCD, which worked well, then decided 
to install to hard disk. I started with a fresh, minimal Debian Sarge 
netinstall, then went through the Build notes and installed all the 
dependencies.

My question is this... how do I start a GUI session without using X11? 
I installed both the xlib and art backends, and was able to use startx 
to get the xlib environment running, but is there an alternative way to 
get a GUI without using startx? Isn't using startx relying on X, and 
not solely on libart?

Maybe I'm just confused, but it doesn't seem to make sense to me.

If anyone can comprehend this message and give me some hints or 
suggestions, that would be awesome.

Also, I'd be interested in helping the project out graphically -- I 
know that Jasper is already working on the icons, but I did a few comps 
of the required icons to show you the quality and style of my work 
(Keep in mind, these were done over two days, so the smaller icons 
aren't fully cleaned up yet).
http://www.jesseross.com/clients/icons/

Thanks for your help -- please let me know if there is anything I can 
do to help out in return.


Jesse Ross