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Simply GNUstep Delivers UNIX, Simply

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

Eugenia writes "A new, Linux-based operating system released recently, called Simply GNUstep and it is based on the GNUstep architecture, originally built by NeXT (OpenSTEP) and is now also used by MacOSX (Cocoa). The alpha version of the x86-based OS is available for download and boots off the 110 MB bootable CD. The cool thing about Simply GNUstep is its partial source compatibility with MacOSX programs (further compatibility is still worked on) and its clean infrastructure, as it only includes GnuSTEP graphical applications like WindowMaker, Mail.app etc. You can read an introduction article of the OS at OSNews."

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  1. Re:If it's a fairly BSDish Linux.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    if you think the linux kernel is in any way shape or form better than any BSD kernel, well...i'm not going to say it.

  2. Or you could chose option 4. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Troll

    When you do an install of FreeBSD, you can just choose the 'windowmaker desktop' option.

    Why pick yet another Linux Distro (This is this weeks Distro of the week) when you can pick FreeBSD, an OS that has shipped with a NeXTish interface for years.

    (Oh, and you get to avoid GNOME or KDE bloat, at least until you install gnumeric.)

  3. Re:If it's a fairly BSDish Linux.. by sketerpot · · Score: 1, Troll
    I'm not a kernel coder, so I can't comment on the relative virtues of Linux vs. *BSD, but I can say this: I think Linux has more potential.

    What OS are coders flocking to? Linux. What OS is growing faster? Linux. What OS just got a new and better VM system? Linux. What OS has been around longer? *BSD, and that is their advantage: they are stable. But I'll be willing to bet that most of BSD sucked a long time ago.

    Linux is getting there. Happy kernel updating!