itisravi <cyberax82.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> writes:
> I understand that the main difference between desktop and embedded
> linux is the absence of a MMU in the latter.
Nonsense. Embedded devices quite often have MMUs on the processors
they use.
> Theoritcally speaking ,
> can i run a desktop environment (say KDE) and desktop applications on
> my embedded platoform, provided it has enough memory and a suitable
> display ?
>
> Suppose i have an application built on wxWidgets and python.Can i
> simply cross compile the app and make it run on the target?Are there
> 'light weight' GUI environments for embedded systems that allow this ?
There are heavy-weight GUI environments for embedded systems that
allow it.
Todays embedded systems are 10 times as powerful as the
desktop PC/workstation that I was using 10 years ago.
Phil
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