On 29 November 2015 at 22:51, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mott...@libero.it> wrote: > I agree on that statement! the problem is that the whole thread here shows > that nobody here agrees with the other one on how to improve it. Some say > look, some say application, some say configuration tools, some want this, > that, whatever.
And that is the key thing. If we can get more exposure for GNUstep, get it in front of more people, get it better known, then it will get more interest, more code contributions, more development. I don't want to change it. Improve it, yes. Change it, no. I am not a programmer. I am not at all interested in the programming tools or the use of GNUstep as a framework. That is for others who know and care about such things. I'm in part interested in it because it looks like NeXTstep, and I think NeXTstep is the best-looking desktop there has ever been. So I am strongly opposed to those who want new themes: I think it already is nearly perfect and all the alternative themes are less attractive, to me. What I suggest is just getting it running well on Ubuntu. I'm not really interested in Debian or any other distros, and less interested in other OSes. Not that I do not want it to work on them -- I very much do -- but I like and favour Ubuntu. I want to make an Ubuntu GNUstep remix. Not a live CD -- there is less need for those now that we have VMs. I do have a Raspberry Pi; I run RISC OS on it. I am not remotely interested in PiStep, or NeXT-shaped Pi cases. Frankly they sound silly to me. As a GNU project, a kickstarter seems strange and irrelevant to me, but hey, people need paying for their efforts. I am not interested in running GNUstep on $DISTRO on Raspberry Pi, because my Pi is the least powerful, least capable modern computer I own; everything else is faster, has more storage, is more expandable, etc. But Debian/Ubuntu packages -- better still, upstream inclusion -- would help everyone, whether they want "modern" themes or better dev tools or desktops for tiny cheap computers. Even if you don't use Debian/Ubuntu or even Linux at all, more users and more developers would be good for the project. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list Discuss-gnustep@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep