running gnustep on a free system

[dan hitt]

I'm planning on setting up a computer with some software and i'm
trying to figure out the OS to use.

I plan this to be a free-as-in-freedom OS.

If i'm planning on using GNUstep, then i understand that the OS will
have to be either gnu/linux or a bsd, and it will have to run x
windows.

As a corollary, for now at least, i understand that it will be
impossible for me to run gnustep without also running X11.

If any part of this is false, could somebody please correct me? And
thanks in advance, i want to be sure that i am acting on an accurate
understanding of the situation.

dan

PS: does anybody use the "simply gnustep" setup?

[Nicola Pero]

> I plan this to be a free-as-in-freedom OS.
>
> If i'm planning on using GNUstep, then i understand that the OS will
> have to be either gnu/linux or a bsd, and it will have to run x
> windows.

Yes, that sounds right.

> As a corollary, for now at least, i understand that it will be
> impossible for me to run gnustep without also running X11.

Yes - presumably you are installing gnustep to use its "graphical
user interface" applications, so you need a graphical user interface
environment - which on these operating systems normally means X11.

Good luck! :-)

Thanks

[dan hitt]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Nicola Pero
<nicol...@meta-innovation.com> wrote:
.......

> Yes - presumably you are installing gnustep to use its "graphical
> user interface" applications, so you need a graphical user interface
> environment - which on these operating systems normally means X11.
>
> Good luck! :-)

Hi Nicola,

Thanks for your confirmation.

I think your statement can almost certainly be strengthened to read
"which on these operating systems always means X11", but man
would i ever be delighted to be proven wrong.

I believe that about a decade ago one proposed project was
to replace the x11 backend with something directly using frame buffering
(athough perhaps my memory is faulty), but i guess nobody had
the bandwidth to really pursue it.

Anyhow, i do appreciate your help and your general thoughtfulness
in answering questions down through the years.

dan

[TMC]

I believe Simply GNUstep is very much out of date.

california_dan wrote:
>
> I'm planning on setting up a computer with some software and i'm
> trying to figure out the OS to use.
>

> I plan this to be a free-as-in-freedom OS.
>
> If i'm planning on using GNUstep, then i understand that the OS will
> have to be either gnu/linux or a bsd, and it will have to run x
> windows.
>

> As a corollary, for now at least, i understand that it will be
> impossible for me to run gnustep without also running X11.
>

> If any part of this is false, could somebody please correct me? And
> thanks in advance, i want to be sure that i am acting on an accurate
> understanding of the situation.
>
> dan
>
> PS: does anybody use the "simply gnustep" setup?
>

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