There is the VNC server that runs on both the ipaq and the zaurus,
FBVncserver, or something like that.
Benjamin Long
On Tuesday 14 January 2003 02:16 pm, Jay Sekora wrote:
> ljp writes:
> > Opie (qtopia) was meant to NOT have to run on X.
> > Basically, I think X on pdas is overkill.
>
> Well, the thing about X is that it's client-server. That means that
> when I'm on the subway, I can use the stylus and touch screen, and
> when I'm at my desk, I can use my keyboard and 1600x1200 (at work)
> monitor. I'm sure Qt-embedded is great at what it is designed for,
> but I want to be able to treat my handheld the same way I treat all
> the other hosts I run apps remotely on.
>
> (Or am I missing something - is Qt also client/server?)
>
> DISCLAIMER - This is *not* meant to start a religious war. I recognize
> that X does all sorts of things that are not relevant to how lots of
> people use their PDAs. I'm just explaining why a particular part of the
> "overkill" functionality is even *more* important to me on a machine with
> a stylus and a QVGA screen than it is on the server with 15" screen in
> my basement. I personally will not use a PDA that doesn't run X (now
> that they're widely available) until some other client/server windowing
> system becomes so ubiquitous that I replace X on all my desktops too,
> and I honestly suspect that I'll still be using X in 10 or 15 years,
> or at least something that grew evolutionarily out of X. But that's
> just the particular set of trade-offs *I* want to make.
Received on Tue Jan 14 19:51:45 2003
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