[GRLUG] VM to allow Linux applications to run under other platforms with native skin

[Michael Mol]

On 5/29/07, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/29/07, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6279947776.html
> >
> > Sounds interesting, if reminiscent of Java AWT.  You have to compile
> > your applications with that VM as the target, but that doesn't strike
> > me as unlikely when so much software already gets compiled for a
> > variety of distributions.
>
> Yeah.  Java + WxWidgets.  Interesting, but not earth shattering.

This works by providing mapped bindings for GTK and Qt, rather than
requiring the developer to sacrifice existing toolkit desktop
compatibility for moderate cross-platform gains.

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