[Milkymist-devel] busybox command works

[Sébastien Bourdeauducq]

On Friday 04 September 2009 06:09:30 Takeshi MATSUYA wrote:
>  > - X or Tiny X Server
>  >
>  > X is slow, complex and heavy. I'd rather use DOpE [1] for the GUI,
>
> which is
>
>  > faster, simpler, lighter and a lot easier to port. That will be
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> perfect for
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>  > the VJ application. However, if you want to do something else, why
>
> not :)
>
> If X runs, many applications are available.
> I think it is not so difficult if frame buffers driver works,

It is maybe not very difficult to make X work (though I'm not sure there are X 
servers that are designed to work on MMU-less systems), but it will be hard to 
get good performance and responsiveness out of it.

Openmoko, for example, uses X and has major problems about the GUI being slow 
and lacking responsiveness that are certainly attributable to it.

Compared to a X-based GUI, DOpE:
- is elegant, light and fast
- has mechanisms to guarantee responsiveness
- has no problem working on a MMU-less system
- is trivial to port

You're totally right about the application support; if you want to run 
traditional PC applications on Milkymist this will help. But for running my 
own embedded VJ application, not using X seems to be a relevant choice.

Sébastien