> Why did they start their own instead of just supporting, say, XFCE? Because XFCE doesn't have the same goals as they do. If you listen to the interview with

> Why did they start their own instead of just supporting, say, XFCE? Because XFCE doesn't have the same goals as they do. If you listen to the interview with them on FLOSS Weekly at twit.tv, they talk about how they want this thing to grow, and what they want it to be. The best example I guess I could give is that they are creating a desktop environment based on concepts in Smalltalk. The look isn't the important thing (at least right now). The cohesiveness of it all is what's interesting.