GUI Development in Linux

Question

Hi, Wondering what are tools out there and which is better to use in GUI development that supports ARM and X86 arch applications.

thanks in advance, T3nG

Answer 1

Qt should work well for this.

Answer 2

you can use olso GTK with ruby or C. much easier than swing

Answer 3

Maemo drives Nokia's internet tablets, which are ARM based.

Answer 4

Take a look on the Qt Creator IDE. It's has free(LGPL) version.

Answer 5

OpenMoko Freerunner¹ is ARM-based and it runs Qtopia/QtE, GTK and E17 UI stacks. All of them are also supported on x86. GTK is Cairo-based and I heard (not sure) that it uses lots of floating-point calculations though, so ARM with GTK might not be very fast.

¹http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner

Answer 6

Depending on the power of your device...

The biggest now could be:

• GNOME Mobile
• Qt Embedded

or if you have devices with much less capabilities, you can try simpler things like

• Microwindows / NanoX

Of course, if your device is a mobile-like, you can also consider using Android ... who knows...