I used WindowMaker in the late 90s on Redhat 5.0. At the time it was the most Windows-like environment (e.g. icons could be added using the GUI instead of editing a config file) I had access to on Linux, and that similarity made it more usable to me that FLWM or whatever came with Redhat. The dock and applets were what kept me using it even after KDE and Gnome came out. Off and on I'd try it, but the progress seemed extremely slow. For those that have used NextStep, how does the GNUstep environment compare?
In actual day to day use, I've found it to be a little wonky. Wmaker has its own widget system similar to the Foundation stuff that GNUStep uses, and the two sometimes run afoul of each other (dockapps, withdrawn windows, even the menu bars). Never could get the GFiler project to quite jive with wmaker.
Most of the apps written using GNUstep work fine, though. I should note, I haven't given this liveCD a whirl just yet -- my last attempt with GNUstep was about 6-9 months ago, building from source.
