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Re:GNUstep: Open-source, Object-oriented, Cross-platform Dev... by selfhoster11 on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:26AM (#29540394)
Linux desperately needs a good DE. We might as well dumpster dive for something reusable from the past.

NeXTStep actually really reminds me of Windows 7 and other things. I wouldn't mind trialling it for a week as long as I could get my usual tasks done.

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Re:GNUstep: Open-source, Object-oriented, Cross-platform Dev... by anthk on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:17AM (#29540945)
Once you switch to Fluxbox/Rox/Urxvt and custom keys, you won't need anything else. BT? Blueman. Network? NetworkManager/Connman plus the applet. Done.
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Re:GNUstep: Open-source, Object-oriented, Cross-platform Dev... by selfhoster11 on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:43AM (#29541235)
The Unix philosophy doesn't work as well when it's mandatory to enable building a GUI. I specified that we need a good DE because we don't have a good story for integrating all of those things you mentioned within a UI that I consider usable (and GNOME isn't it, and KDE is not quite it either).
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