On 01/05/2014 06:06 PM, EBo wrote: > No, for a real answer take a look at NanoX/Microwindows (I have not > used it, only read about it).
Well, maybe. About 3 years ago, with a lot more futzing around than I thought the project deserved, I managed to get Nano-X [1] working on a primitive ARM-based network appliance (the BestBuy Insignia InfoCast 8). A cutdown GNU/Linux with a decent framebuffer driver already existed for this nifty WiFi-equipped touchscreen device which was designed by the legendary Bunny and his fellow Chumby developers. My goal was to make it a LinuxCNC progress-tracker running wherever I happened to be in the house. I buried my project once decent Android tablets became affordable. I used the word "working" advisedly in the previous paragraph. By the time I gave up, I did have a basic display working but there were tons of loose ends and missing bits in the distro which were driving me crazy. The screen lit up, I could bring up a terminal window, the touchscreen worked. There were all sorts of strange behaviour which left me wondering if I could ever reach my goal. I had trouble finding people who could answer questions. Even had I progressed to a decent GUI (like the original MIT X GUI, for those who ever saw it), anything resembling OpenGL to provide some 3D capability was considered out of scope back when I was working with the code. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. Maybe Nano-X is more complete now. Then again, maybe not. There were just 22 messages to the Nano-X mail list in all of 2013. The last news posted to the website I knew (http://microwindows.org) is dated December 2010. I would love to be told I've just been looking in the wrong place and there's lots of new code/messages somewhere else. (Among other things, I've still got that InfoCast, after all!) I'm a dilettante programmer compared to some of you, so it's also possible I just didn't understand how to make the old code perform all its tricks. After reading the previous exchanges, I'm not sure I understand what is meant by GUI in the subject line. Without a list of requirements and desiderata it's hard to know what to propose. Regards, Kent [1] the official name became "the Nano-X Window System" as a result of a Microsoft challenge akin to the EMC challenge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
