[ILUG] QNX details

Justin Mason jm at netnoteinc.com
Wed Sep 27 18:25:07 IST 2000


Brady, Padraig said:

> Hmm it has a Linux compatible API :-)
> and X Window-compatible GUI :-)
> However the microkernel and various OS modules
> are proprietry (not GPL'd) :-(

BTW the GUI is not, in any way, X compatible.

You can get the usual stuff: a Photon app to display X apps in a window,
ie. an X server, or an X app to display Photon apps in a window.

But you cannot display an X app directly onto Photon, or run a GTK app
etc.

--j.




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