[maemo-developers] GTK+/X based system on 64MB flash and ram size budget?

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Trilok Soni wrote:
> We need to select an open-source GUI library for system where it will
> have 64MB of total flash and same RAM size running on the embedded
> processor like OMAP/DaVinci with around 300MHz. The number of GUI
> applications running will be only one main control application acting
> as say recorder, player and streamer and other control
> functionalities, think video server.
> 
> Does GTK+/X combination will be a nice fit for this flash, ram and cpu
> speed budget? OR will be too bloated in terms of minimum
> functionalities and single GUI application we need?
> 
> Flash will also have other software images like kernel, bootloader,
> busybox, uclibc/glibc, boa like embedded webserver stored along with
> the gtk+/x libraries and gui application.
> 
> Please give your suggestions/inputs. Thanx.

If you don't have something that needs to show arbitrary amounts
of data to user such as www-browser or PDF viewer, 64MB is enough.
(regardless of widget set or whether you use X or directly fb).


	- Eero