Re: GNUstep Desktop

[Ondrej Florian]

Absolutely.
I don't consider GNUstep Desktop to be the final place of maintenance.

GSDE is an experiment. It allows you to test and see how complete 
desktop system *could* work like.
That's why everything is in one place and it is easy to build from 
scratch.

I do not follow strict release process.
It moves fast but it also breaks fast!

Once an app or framework reaches maturity, it should be cleaned up and 
moved over to GAP or other appropriate place.

I hope this makes sense,
Ondrej

On 2023-05-21 11:10:10 +0000 Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:

> One question though: Would it be possible to merge back the forked 
> applications (Addresses and BatMon) to GAP? If you two need a tie 
> breaker to 
> decide on which version to use, I am willing to volunteer.
>
> Cheers
> Fred
> > Am 21.05.2023 um 02:38 schrieb Ondrej Florian via Info-gnustep 
> > <info-gnustep@gnu.org>:
>
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > I'd like to announce GNUstep Desktop.
> > https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html
>
> > I have been working on it for more than a year now and it is finally 
> > complete enough to be my main desktop environment.
> > It is perfect for my Raspberry PI! :-)
>
> > GSDE contains many GNUstep apps and frameworks in one place.
> > Enhanced, fixed, configured and integrated so that everything works 
> > together seamlessly.
>
> > Notable enhancements:
> > - StepTalk               - used for system scripting, fixes and 
> > enhancements to the API
> > - TextEdit                - scriptable + enhancements for attachment 
> > and 
> > link panels
> > - HelpViewer         - uses filters to display man, info and gsdoc 
> > pages
> > - WrapperFactory - greatly enhanced, support for filters and services
> > - Terminal               - a lot of improvements, refactored into 
> > Kit, 
> > scriptable
> > - Preferences        - taken from NEXTSPACE + additional settings 
> > for 
> > timezone, keys, themes
> > - WindowMaker    - make tweaks and fixes to fit with GNUstep
>
> > New applications:
> > - WebBrowser       - Google Chrome with GNUstep UI, scriptable
> > - VimGS                 - Vim with GNUstep UI (using TerminalKit), 
> > scriptable
> > - Player                  - VLC with GNUstep UI, scriptable
> > - DocViewer         - PDF and HTML document viewer, filters for 
> > additional 
> > formats (e.g. markdown), scriptable
> > - ImageViewer      - filter for additional formats, scriptable
> > - RemoteView       - VNCViewer
> > - Librarian             - document indexing - similar to NeXT's 
> > Digital 
> > Librarian
> > - ScreenShot        - screenshot service
>
> > Other apps:
> > Gorm and ProjectCenter, GWorkspace, GNUMail
>
> > Other utilities:
> > Dictionary, Affiche, FTP, TalkSoup, EdenMath, Addresses
> > ForManager, DefaultsManager, Console, HtopGS, OpenUp,
> > Process monitor, Volume and Battery controls.
>
> > ...and more....
>
> > WebPage: https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html
> > github: https://github.com/onflapp/gs-desktop
>
> > ---
>
> > Spending weeks and months deep in GNUstep and all those apps created 
> > with 
> > it,
> > made me really appreciate all the amazing work that went into it.
>
> > I hope that GNUstep Desktop will help to renew the interest in 
> > GNUstep as 
> > desktop.
>
> > Ondrej
>
>
>
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