> From: Pedro I. Sanchez <psanchez [ at ] colcan [ dot ] ca> >To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 3:02:45 PM >Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux apps? > >On 12-12-10 02:43 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: >> On 10/12/12 Rob Echlin said: >> >>> Hi >>> Has anyone here written GUI applications for Linux? >>> I am interested in writing a relatively simple app to start with, >>> prefereably in Python, maybe Perl if Python is too much work to get libs >>> for. >>> >>> Examples: >>> - list the up/down status of a couple of web sites, >>> - maybe something more complicated, maybe to list the unread emails available on a couple of accounts, >>> - then a truly trivial graphical game, something like "Hello Gamer >>> rfinnius- you have pressed 11 keys since the app started". >>> - Where rfinnius is your login name. >> >> Python with Tkinter is more than sufficient for this. You can graduate up to >> Gtk or Qt if you want a more sophisticated api. >> >>> Also, is anyone familiar with doing those things with the Enlightenment libraries? >>> Is Python supported well in Enlightenment? >> >> No idea. Does anyone use Enlightenment anymore? >> >I do. I'm running bodhi linux on my old Dell mini-9, and it runs >extremely well. > >http://www.bodhilinux.com/ > >But I think the question is backwards, it should be, is Enlightenment >supported well in Python? There used to be a python-efl library >available a couple of years ago but I don't know about its current state. > >-- >Pedro > Hi Pedro, Yes, I had that question backwards. And I had heard of Bodhi Linux. It is supposed to be very light weight, like XFCE and LFCE, but more elegant. And I think it has a more up-to-date Enlightenment than Ubuntu. Rob