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To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (57279)	4/12/2001 3:37:27 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Linux hasn't really grabbed the PDA market, yet, but the software is improving fast in this direction. Currently, most graphical Linux software uses the complicated, but cross-platform and network centric X11 Window system to display user interface. The Gnome user interface, that is the default user interface on Red Hat Linux, has an API between the Gnome programs and X11, that makes it possible for Gnome programs to run on other display technology with better performance than X11. A good example is Gimp on Windows, which is very popular with those, who try it, because it's the only sub-$1000 program for image manipulation that has been localized. And it costs $0. Additionally, it is possible for one program to have different userinterfaces, depending on the screen size, without coding. This makes it easy to write Gnome programs that run fast, efficient on a PDA, and fast and efficient on X-Windows. It also makes it possible to run desktop-software on a PDA without any other modifications than a recompile for the new CPU-type. Tools like Borland Kylix will not be used for PDA programming, because programs made with Kylix are quite memory-heavy and require a lot of libraries, and it is only for Intel processors. But the KDevelop development environment and other Linux-based developer tools are improving all the time, and are already far better than many other developer tools for PDAs. Anti-aliasing is a must for powerfull, small sized PDAs. The user interface KDE already has it, but Gnome doesn't get it until Gnome 2.0, which is being worked on right now. As soon as Gnome and Linux get the functionality required by the mainstream user, we will start to see a lot more products on the street with a penguin inside. Right now, Linux only dominates non-userinterface devices. Lars.