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Hello ladies and gentlemen, |
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We at -embedded would like to introduce GPE - The G Palmtop Environment. |
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<<The GPE Palmtop Environment provides a user interface environment for |
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palmtop/handheld computers running the GNU/Linux or any other UNIX-like |
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operating system.>> |
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GPE is currently under active development, being version 2.8 already |
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very usable providing a modern mobile desktop environment. |
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We currently provide an eclass and ebuilds arranged by top level |
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categories following upstream categorization. Explicitly gpe.eclass and |
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top level gpe-base gpe-net gpe-pim gpe-games gpe-utils gpe-media |
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gpe-xsession. |
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We know we have a lot of them but upstream finds useful to classify them |
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like that and so do we. With the running discussion at -dev about new |
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top level categorization models and tagging system, maybe a better |
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solution is found. |
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The eclass and some ebuilds were based on bugzie #101393. We started |
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playing with them as big flat gpe-base category which evolved over time |
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by means of consecutive testing on ARMv5 handheld devices and needs. |
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Since we are maintaining this over half a year now, we think that its |
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time to finally starting moving step-by-step the GPE suite into the |
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portage tree - starting with the eclass and toplevel categories. |
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Sincerely, |
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/me in the name of the embedded team. |
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Angelo Arrifano <miknix@g.o> |
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Gentoo Linux ARM/OMAP850 Developer |
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at Gentoo Embedded |