Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux

Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by newnewpdro on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:24AM (#18003641)

I'm not sure using WindowMaker is sane at all.

WindowMaker is a completely isolated C implementation with its own GUI toolkit. It's not integrated at all with the rest of GNUStep. It only appears NeXT-like, it's a facade.

GNUStep should ulimately replace it, if this is to be some kind of NeXTSTEP replica beyond skin-deep appearances.

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by trunkmaster on Monday September 17, 2018 @09:35AM (#18005781)

Workspace is a new application that contains WindowMaker. And it _is_ fully integrated with GNUstep applications. This is not a facade, this is how OPENSTEP feels. Just give it a try.

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by peatmoss on Monday September 17, 2018 @09:34AM (#18005775)

That’s fair. He at least appears to have created a configuration app that is a integrated with prefs, which makes the alienness of WindowMaker less exposed.

On the other hand the dock in GWorkspace is pretty non-functional by comparison.

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Re:Nextspace – NeXTSTEP-like desktop environment for Linux by pjmlp on Monday September 17, 2018 @02:27AM (#18003646)

Isn't GNUStep dead, stuck in some level of Panther compatibility?

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