Rich User Interface on Embedded Linux Device

Question

I'm designing a user interface for a large touchscreen device running Linux. What would be the best toolkit/developer kit/SDK to use? The only requirement is that its able to run on a semi-low performace device, and that there is a Linux version.

Nice-to-haves would be build in support for effects/animations and a modern look-and-feel, but they are not necessary.

I'm looking at Adobe Flex/AIR already, but I'm not sure if the device will meet the minimum specs.

Answer 1

Try QTopia (http://trolltech.com/products/qtopia) It's from the same stable as the popular Qt desktop toolkit.

Answer 2

I agree with Mopoke, QTopia is what you want.

• It has support from some graphics hardware (2d and 3d), and can also use the kernel framebuffer device if that's all you need.

• It's based on Qt, a very well-designed object-oriented GUI framework

• It's available for both open-source and commercial projects, although closed-source projects need to pay a license fee.