DeforaOS as an embedded desktop environment
As the project's homepage suggests for a few days now [0], a new milestone was reached. Its first consequence is the possibility to run the DeforaOS desktop on an embedded platform, given these tight requirements on such devices:
Naturally, it provides a number of graphical applications as required; in alphabetical order:
Of course, they are all being actively used, developed and maintained, given their respective feature-set. The website is currently being improved, so as to provide screenshots of each of them soon; this will be announced here as well.
[0] http://www.defora.org/
[1] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/230/Browser
[2] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/253/Editor
[3] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3283/Framer
[4] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/268/Mailer
[5] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3305/Mixer
[6] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3262/Panel
[7] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/336/Player
[8] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/340/Surfer
[9] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3299/Todo
- light and efficient, written in C for Gtk+, with fewer dependencies
- user-friendly application launcher, file management and hardware monitoring
- designed for small screen sizes alike
- stylus- and finger-friendly (on-screen keyboard...)
Naturally, it provides a number of graphical applications as required; in alphabetical order:
- Browser, taking care of the homescreen, desktop handling, file management [1]
- Editor, a simple text editor [2]
- Framer, the window manager [3]
- Mailer, young e-mail and RSS client [4]
- Mixer, handling the volume controls [5]
- Panel, with an application launcher and many applets [6]
- Player, a media player [7]
- Surfer, fully-functional web browser [8]
- Todo, a young task management application [9]
Of course, they are all being actively used, developed and maintained, given their respective feature-set. The website is currently being improved, so as to provide screenshots of each of them soon; this will be announced here as well.
[0] http://www.defora.org/
[1] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/230/Browser
[2] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/253/Editor
[3] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3283/Framer
[4] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/268/Mailer
[5] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3305/Mixer
[6] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3262/Panel
[7] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/336/Player
[8] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/340/Surfer
[9] http://www.defora.org/os/project/display/3299/Todo