Thoughts on GNUStep without X11?

[Jon Martin]

I know it may be silly, but I have to ask.  

Has anyone considered integrating GNUStep with Linux or 
*BSD, but instead of using X11, accessing the framebuffer 
device directly in using something like GGI?

Ok, here's my reasoning: I absolutely hate X11.  I'm not a 
crank -- I've been using X11 for years on just about every 
different platform.  Even on my SubBlade at work the GUI 
seem less than responsive.  Maybe that's because X11 was 
invented too long ago, or maybe because it runs in 
user-space, who knows.  I'd imagine that bypassing X and 
talking directly to the framebuffer would make the OS feel 
much smoother.  Or maybe you'd have to port a Display 
Postscript library to talk directly to the Framebuffer.

I don't think this sounds too far-fetched -- Mac OS-X is a 
cousin of NextStep, and doesn't use X11, so why not?  

Thoughts?

-Jon