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Étoilé – desktop built on GNUStep

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250 points pabs3 | 4 comments | 04 Sep 25 02:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.603s | source
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tombert ◴[04 Sep 25 04:30 UTC] No.45123598[source]▶
I have never played with GNUStep. By the time I actually started real work as a professional software person (2011) it was already kind of considered a joke, so I never bothered learning how to use it.

It bothers me a bit, though. Developing for desktop Linux is still a pain in the ass, and I really wish the Linux community had agreed on One Desktop Framework To Rule Them All, and I think GNUStep could have been that framework if the community had been willing to embrace it.

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1. qiqitori ◴[04 Sep 25 05:37 UTC] No.45123922[source]▶
But what if that One Desktop Framework To Rule Them All had sucked? :)
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2. wolvesechoes ◴[04 Sep 25 07:07 UTC] No.45124437[source]▶
Definitely wouldn't be worse than multiple desktop frameworks that suck.
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3. const_cast ◴[04 Sep 25 15:33 UTC] No.45128434[source]▶
Current desktop frameworks are quite good. KDE/Qt are incredibly mature at this point. GTK still has a decent amount of churn.
4. worthless-trash ◴[08 Sep 25 04:24 UTC] No.45164619[source]▶
It definitely would be.

Choice is a defining factor in freedom.