Re: gnustep question

[Ivan Vučica]

GNUstep is just a set of libraries and a programming environment people can use 
to develop apps. It's not a desktop environment in itself. Several apps 
essential for desktop use (a file manager, a simple word processor, …) are 
developed as part of GNUstep project.

However, if you use it, you'll still be missing a session manager/initiator (in 
Gnome, 'gnome-session') and a window manager. For use with GNUstep, you could 
use WindowMaker.

Etoile is a separate but friendly project which uses GNUstep libraries and 
programming environment to provide session management, window management and 
several cool apps. It is intended to be used as a GNUstep-based desktop.

On 8. 8. 2012., at 10:54, Roelof Wobben <rwobben@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> I want to try gnustep instead of the big WM as KDE and Gnome.
> But I wonder if I can use gnustep alone or must I use a wm like etoille to 
> see if this is something for me.
> 
> Roelof                                          
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