Earlier this week, Mandriva released Mandriva Linux 2008.0, the latest version of their flagship Linux distribution. Mandriva was so kind as to provide me with a copy of Mandriva Linux 2008.0 PowerPack, the commercial version. Back when it was named Mandrake, it was my first ever Linux distribution (I bought a Linux magazine), so I have always had a special place for Mandriva. Read on for a review.
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Member since:2005-07-06
I don't think apps would have to be rebuilt. It'd be possible, I believe, but Fred (our GNOME / GTK+ maintainer) has a well known lack of interest in such experimental things, so he probably wouldn't do it. It'd need a community contributor to be interested in it, and AFAIK none of our regular contributors is. There's no technical reason it wouldn't be possible, though, I don't think.
Member since:2005-11-14
Hmm... could you offer an alternative GTK+-build incorporating the unofficial patches for GTK+ in case somebody wants a unified menubar in KDE? Or would that require two sets of all GTK+-applications?
That wouldn't work, no. At least last time I checked, the GTK+ patch for a top menubar was an ugly hack. It won't play nice with KDE's top menubar (unless you patch that with another ugly hack).
Recently, the OS X GTK+ port introduced integration with Mac's top menubar. If someone tried to implement something like that to integrate GTK+ apps better on KDE/X11 and GNUstep/X11, it would probably be merged on GTK+'s official tree.
Member since:2005-10-02
Hmm.. sounds like something to do at freedesktop.org - an open standard for unified menubars and/or detachable menues (for GNUstep)?
Aahh yes. The unified menubar for GTK+/Gnome is in part an applet for gnome-panel (just checking up). That won't work (unless you somehow swallow the applet inside kicker or sumthen like that - sounds like BIG_UGLY_HACK_SO_BREAK_ME_PLEASE).
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2005-10-02
Hmm... could you offer an alternative GTK+-build incorporating the unofficial patches for GTK+ in case somebody wants a unified menubar in KDE? Or would that require two sets of all GTK+-applications?
Not demanding anything, merely curious (or how it is spelled)
EDIT: Oh btw. Does the unified menubar in KDE by any chance work with the unified menubar in Etoilé? :p
Edited 2007-10-12 01:17 UTC