Hello !
Thanks for your answer.
Am 08.02.2015 10:30, schrieb Alessandro Sangiuliano:
ET is in development.
That sounds good.
The main development actually happens on CoreObject; It is a big
framework and ET “key” feature that needs to be finished.
I am not a coder / developer but curious in what ET is developed (maybe
there is a chance to learn some coding ... ) ?
I’m developing a Calendar app, with a GUI very similar to the Apple
Calendar. It will be interfaced to CoreObject to store events and
eventually share them with friends using CO through XMPP.
For the first release, is not planned to be .ics (libical) compatible,
this is planned for a next release.
Which Mac OS X version you take as inspiration ?
I use ET as main DE on my debian wheezy linux system installed on a
MacBook, however this doesn’t mean that ET is ready. I done some
tricks here and there to get it working, not hard to do but sure
“nerdy”.
Only for development or for daily use ?
What needs ET:
1) A window manager.
It is present in the repos, it needs to be finished. The name is
ProjectManager.
2) A file manager.
3) A new MenuServer, eventually compatible with the ubuntu protocol
menu bar (the dbus stuff that provides menu entries in the menu bar
like File, Edit and so on).
4) Apps
5) Contributors
I opened a twitter account to show my progresses on ET and GNUstep. I
use twitter just for that.
https://twitter.com/slex20 [1]
I hate Twitter and use GNUSocial instead ...
You can follow étoilé activity on openhub:
https://www.openhub.net/p/etoile [2]
What I’m cooking on my side:
1) Finishing the Calendar app that absolutely I need on ET.
2) I have to retail a good amount of time to finish the MUC
implementation on XMPPKit.
3) I ported EtoileXML on ARC, it is on github in a branch, I need
feedbacks before the merge with the master branch.
4) I need a port of CodeEditor on OS X to finish the work on
SourceCodeKit res. filtering (this is finished and it works) and
interfacing the feature to the views. It’s in a branch too.
5) In my free time I work on the implementation of a new and modern
GNUstep theme, with a look and feel similar to OS X. The main goal of
this little project is to stop people that are saying that GNUstep
looks old so it is an ancient environment and it’s
bad/useless/crappy/dead because it hasn’t “eye-candy” and
can’t be modern. This is wrong, because what they mean for
“eye-candy” is just a theme, and GNUstep is themable. Look on the
étoilé site to see its themes that are a great look&feel.
Sounds like many work ...
If you create a theme it would be great if you use Snow Leopard / Lion /
Mountain Lion as inspiration ... the main reason why I left Mac OS X is
the new design of OS X 10.10 Yosemite and iOS 8 (the colors are
something like primary school style ... ).
The optionions of the most peoples are ... Linux / BSD must be like
Windows / Mac OS X ... but why they then switch. And people forgot, that
it is many work to get a system which fits the personal needs.
Many years ago I tried Linux (OpenSUSE) but found it was not the right
thing for me. After trying Sabayon / Trisquel this changes. Now I try to
decide between Gentoo and FreeBSD. Let´s see what the experience and
future will bring.
For others “kitchens”, the other developers will give infos.
Regards,
Alex.
Regards,
C. M.
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