Re: LiteStep and Linux?

As is stood last time I checked( must be at least a year), LS is very
heavily depended on windows. Pretty much everything is reliant on the
Windows OS and restructuring the code to be platform independent would
be a large task. Everything is different (api/platform-wise) in Linux
from how the "system tray" works to Unicode, Menus and graphics
display. Basically all of LS who have to be modified including making
all the modules compatible( or at least all the currently used ones).
For the amount of work involved it might just be easier to code a
whole new shell/DE from scratch.

Correct me if I'm wrong (jugg? anyone)

I for one I'm willing to support a new DE but my coding skills have
always been limited and my "free" time is almost non-existent. On the
other hand it might be easier to use a DE like Gnome as a base but in
the long term it might not be better.

Joshua L. Blocher
verbalshadow

P.S. LS does (did) run in WINE but has no access to Linux specific
stuff like the application menus


On 8/15/07, Arve Barsnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm sure it's possible, but if it's worth it is a different question.
> I think it's been discussed before but I can't recall the outcome of
> that discussion.
>
> On 8/15/07, Roy Gathercoal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I know that there are several open source programs that are developed
> > and then compiled specifically for the various platforms.
> >
> > Is this possible for LiteStep?
> >
> > If so, even those wistful Linux users might have reason to check out a
> > "LiteStep for Linux." It would seem that an open source shell would have
> > an advantage in this sort of portability: Use LiteStep/Linux at home and
> > LiteStep/Windows or LiteStep/Mac at work. Same theme, but with different
> > ways of addressing the compatibility problem.
> >
> > Especially in that its purpose is as "a visual output" rather than input
> > to another program or incorporation into a common database, etc. Some
> > three or so programmers might be able to work up a "LinuxStep"
> > (LinuxLite?) utility which can handle any OTS2 theme.
> >
> > Run it though "Windows prep" and it compiles into the LiteStep we
> > currently have and enjoy. Run it through "Mac/OS prep", however, and the
> > result will be a compiled version for Macs. "Linux prep" could do the
> > same for that platform.
> >
> > No doubt a lot of work, but is it worth it?
> >
> > Is it even do-able, program-wise?
> >
> > It would seem that the Linux compile would be the easiest (assuming any
> > of these are possible) in that the OS is open source.
> >
> > ??
> >
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