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Next Devel Yopy Version To Run X and GTK+

Posted by Hemos on from the still-can't-get-my-ipaq-working-with-linux dept.

chrisd writes "From the yopy developers list, Young Hoon Kim notes that :"G-Mate will introduce the next generation of Yopy which targets the end user in the 3rd or last quarter of this year. This time, it will have 64MB of RAM and 16MB Flash, and it will use ramfs. Of course it will have X windows installed and all the application will be run on X too. Therefore, if you are planning to develop any application for Yopy, you have to port your application to be used with X windows. Since we will include GTK+ toolkit, it's a good idea to start making application using GTK". I've got the yopy, and I have to say I really like it, the screen is very nice and it's -very- fast. The development version shipped with something called w-windows which was weird, but I quickly installed X from the Yopy X Server Project."

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  1. This is nice and all, but.. by Xunker · · Score: 4

    But all the promises about new designs don't mean dick unless you're shipping the product NOW.

    I've been floowing Yopy since it was released, and I'm becomming steadily disapointed. The Spec sheet, when it was first announced in '99, was very impressive -- TFT colour, fast CPU, built in Mpeg decoder and FM/TV tuner... but the features dwindled and eve those it retained started looking less stellar every time they pushed back the relase date.

    I want to like the Yopy, I really do, but G-Mate is going to hve to impove it's track record before I'mm but my weight behind it again. Sorry.

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  2. Re:What about the social implications? by AugstWest · · Score: 5

    Well, I have had a Palm (first a III, then a Vx) for a little over two years now, and I use it mainly for playing backgammon while I'm on the can.

    In other words, I think you're taking this a little too seriously.

  3. this is nice... by b0r1s · · Score: 4

    but on a more realistic note, why are we being told now? I could understand if this was to encourage application development before it shipped, but it seems more like a way to hype up possible vaporware than to encourage development. Does anyone know how far along this project really is? If so, how's it look?

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