There are several GUIs for Linux on desktop computers: KDE, GNOME, … On handheld computers, the most famous ones are GPE and OPIE.

Today we’ll have a look at GPE. The Palm-Linux development is very young, so there aren’t many devices which support GPE at the moment. But on the GPE project page (http://gpe.handhelds.org/) there is some information and screenshots where we can look at.

To see the applications of GPE, click on Projects. There you can read about PIM apps, multimedia apps and so on.

Documentation contains useful information about GPE and its apps. There are many screenshots.

Now, let’s look at some screenshots (http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/:

port 16036 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
port 22058 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
html.cgi?fn=land.7696 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
PIM apps

port 9639 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
port 23279 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
file management

port 22574 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
multimedia apps

port 7530 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
wireless card recognized Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
gpe mini browser2 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
gpe mail1 thumb Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
networking

port 7204 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
port 22016 001 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
several themes

port 22733 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
port 21468 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
port 13649 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
port 22570 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
land 6043 Linux on a Palm   GPE quick review
well-known apps running on GPE: GPSDrive – Minimo – VideoLAN – GNumeric

To type letters, Rosetta (handwriting recognition) and a virtual keyboard is used.

So, what do you think of GPE?

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