PIXIL Embedded GUI Stack Released Under GPL

Posted by timothy on Monday September 15, 2003 @10:54AM from the windows-on-the-microworld dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Century Software has announced the release of source code for its PIXIL product line under the GNU Public License (GPL). PIXIL combines a graphical windowing environment, widget set, operating environment, and numerous applications into a tightly integrated collection built on the open standards of embedded Linux, according to Century. PIXIL is meant for use in PDAs, WebPads, set-top boxes, cellular phones, smart handhelds and thin clients. It is based on Microwindows, a screentop window manager, FLNX-based widget set, and a set of applications including PIM Suite, ViewML browser, MP3 player, MPEG viewer, Macromedia flash player, Doom, games, system and network configuration applications and more. PIXIL now has a website at www.pixil.org."

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Re:And the web browser is KHTML-based by Spy+Hunter · 2003-09-16 07:33 · Score: 2, Interesting

Wow, they actually appear to be the first people to have this idea. They started back when KDE 1 was still widely used and they used the original KFM browser component instead of the KDE 2 KHTML component.

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