clarification of Qtopia Vs. GTK
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
raster at openmoko.org
Thu May 22 09:34:52 CEST 2008
On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:58:43 +1000 Lorn Potter <lpotter at trolltech.com> babbled:
> 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.
indeed - though it has needed much loving so it behaves normally or even
optimally in x when you have a window manager... :)
>
> > * 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
>
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