clarification of Qtopia Vs. GTK

[Lorn Potter]

On Thursday 22 May 2008, community-request at lists.openmoko.org wrote:
> I have had some further discussions with headquarters, and have edited
> my blog to try to explain the new software a little better. The
> important facts are that the new software:
>
>
>         * Switches the Window Manager from Matchbox to Enlightenment (E17)
>         * Ported Qtopia to Xorg, so it is possible to run Qtopia, GTK, ELF,
> and Python applications all at the same time

Actually, Trolltech had done most of the 'porting' to X11 work already.


>         * Replaced the GTK-based basic phone suite (dialer, contacts, SMS)
> with ones based on Qtopia
>
>
> I hope this better explains the situation.
>
> Regards,
> Michael
>
> (Full posting at
> http://gettingstartedopenmoko.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/openmoko-software-up
>date/)



-- 
Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, Systems Group, MES, Trolltech