Compatibility

MicroXwin provides a binary compatible Xlib Interface on the platform it runs. It support the MIT shared memory extension, XShape extension, XTest extension for on screen keyboard and XRender extension.

Most applications, window managers and toolkits work seamlessly. Source code to build user space libraries (libX11 & libXext) is available under BSD style license.

The default visual is True Color 16 bit RGB 565 format. Windows with 16bit depth provide the best performance in terms of memory usage, rendering speed and color representation.

X Window Managers

Here are a list of window managers that work with MicroXwin

  • Matchbox window manager.
  • Openbox.
  • Xfce window manager Xfwm4.
  • Kde window manager kwin.
  • Blackbox.
  • Window Maker.
  • Metacity crashes because it depends on Xkb extension which is not supported.

Toolkits and Desktop

Here are a list of toolkits that worked with MicroXwin.

  • Gtk+-1.2.
  • Gtk+-2 series with some gdk patches.
  • Xfce desktop.
  • GNOME desktop with OpenBox WM.
  • QT-3/QT-4 and KDE desktop.
  • Tcl/TK.
  • Fltk.
  • Legacy Toolkits such as Xt, Motif and Lesstif.

Applications

This is an incomplete list of some of the applications tested with MicroXwin.

  • RealPlayer 10.0.
  • Mozilla Firefox, Seamonkey with Flash and Real Player plugins.
  • Webkit based browsers such as Gooogle-chrome, Midori, QtWebkit.
  • Opera Browser.
  • Konqueror, Kword, Kmail, etc.
  • Abiword, Gnumeric, OpenOffice.
  • Gxine, Mplayer & XMMS.
  • Xcalc, Xterm, Rxvt.