MiniGui, GPL'ed Qt/Embedded Alternative

joshmccormack writes "MiniGui, a GUI for embedded Linux devices that offers a GPL alternative to QT/Embedded and other embedded guis has become a 'stable, viable alternative,' according to a recent Linux Devices article. Lots of screenshots on their site, including PDA apps, a web browser and a virtual console."

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Re:Critical mass and absence thereof

[AstroDrabb]

Things are totally different in the embedded world. Most embedded companies want to standout by doing their own thing. As far as hardware support goes, embedded devices generally have a fixed set of hardware and often the devleopers write their own drivers. Also, we are not talking about Joe Home user here, these are developers and *should* have enough knowledge to look at all the options and choose which one is best for *THEM*. Why would the embedded market want what toolkits they use dictated to them? On the desktop I agree, picking one or two toolkits (QT, GTK+) and sticking with them is the best option. This pretty much what desktop Linux is doing. Sure there are other choices out there, but the majority of apps are GTK+ or QT. There is no problem with having tons of choices in the embedded world. It will only make it stronger and the embedded developers that can differentiate their products most should get the best sales.