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ROX Desktop attempted to do app bundles a long time ago on linux as well. Anyway you are missing one of the core problems of linux distros- they are not split
by liveoneggs 9y ago
ROX Desktop attempted to do app bundles a long time ago on linux as well.
Anyway you are missing one of the core problems of linux distros- they are not split between "base" or "core" OS and extra packages; they are a single monolithic thing! That is why debs and rpms install right into /usr/bin along with the core OS. There is no difference.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoI know, I was there when ROX Desktop and ROX Filer hit the scene. Sadly, yet predictably, a concept as simple and flexible as AppDirs was completely ignored by the rest of the desktop linux community. I guess it didn't make them feel leet enough or something. I may be wrong, but WindowMaker, being based on GNUStep, which was derived from NextSTEP, might have also supported application bundles (as in the actual NextSTEP Application Bundle specification). “These days, the problem isn't how to innovate; it's how to get society to adopt the good ideas that already exist.” - Douglas Engelbart > Anyway you are missing one of the core problems of linux distros- they are not split between "base" or "core" OS and extra packages I didn't miss it, I mention right in there that having a defined base system is a requirement. Something I didn't mention is that I will not call the end product a "Linux Distribution", because it is not intended to play nice with existing Linux Desktop paradigms. It'll be like Android, a completely different OS underpinned by the linux kernel.
- liveoneggs 9y agoI agree completely. Linux as it exists today seems to be dialing up the complexity to 11. I am expecting (hoping, almost) that the whole thing implodes sooner rather than later so we can start getting simple things again.