Re: GNUstep on Hackernews

[Xavier Brochard]

Le 16.12.2021 17:22, Liam Proven a écrit :
> I submit we need installable binary packages for at least 1 current,
> mainstream Linux distro, making it as easy to get a GNUstep system up
> and running as it is to get any other Linux desktop environment.

Fred Kiefer was maintaining a lot of gqood packages for OpenSuSE in the 
past
https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/X11:GNUstep

> As a way of saying that GNUstep is alive and well, the best demo I can
> think of is, for example, a current Ubuntu preinstalled with GNUstep &
> as many GNUstep apps as possible, ready to install and use. To show
> off the apps and that it is a rich and mature framework.

Debian and Ubuntu based distros are the most current at end users home 
to day (according to distrowatch)

> I know, there's no "native" web browser. That is not a biggie; just
> bundle Firefox. To be ambitious, take the Javascript plugin that
> Ubuntu used to integrate Firefox into Unity and make it display
> GNUstep style menus instead.

Fully agree. A browser is a big task to do, and need a full team to 
maintains the required plugins by today's web. Plus, it is easier to use 
the same browser on mobile phone and desktop. And mobile is currently 
near 75% of user-clients on the web. Firefox is the best for privacy.

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