A free application environment for Linux-based handheld and mobile devices may support lots more devices in the future, including Linux mobile phones. The GPE (GPE palmtop environment) project is planning a "device abstraction" layer aimed at simplying new device ports, according to maintainer Florian Boor.

The GPE project integrates a variety of free software components, including the X window system, GTK+ graphics toolkit, matchbox window manager, and MiniMo browser. It also maintains its own login and configuration programs, as well as widget and type libraries, screenshot and other utilities, and a PIM (personal information manager) application suite.

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