Gtk heading for a bumpy time in mobile space? | Linux Today

Gtk heading for a bumpy time in mobile space?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 1, 2011

[ Thanks to Amy Bennett for this link. ]

In an effort to slim down and improve its
cross-platform capabilities, the developers of the Chrome browser
and ChromeOS itself appear to be shifting away from Gtk use.

This bit of information was quietly pointed out earlier in the
month on the Aura window manager pages for the Chromium Projects.
Chromium is the open source implementation of Chrome and ChromeOS,
and Aura is the new window manager and shell environment that will
support the various interface elements on these
implementations.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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