Dashboard Linux

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In 1999 (many years ago), I had the crazy idea of putting a personal computer into my car. There were no frameworks or code bases available at the time because a project of this magnitude had never been done, so I set about writing my own frontend software: Dashboard Linux. The entire system was initially built around Linux From Scratch (LFS). I started the interface with Perl & TCL/TK, then later ported it over to C. On it’s final iteration I used C++ with Qt.

This post is mostly for posterity because the project has been abandoned and there are many newer projects that are much more capable.

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Screenshot	The old Perl TCL/TK interface (circa 1998)
Bare GTK interface	Same interface with a different theme applied
Another theme applied	... and another theme
The FM Tuner card interface	GPSDrive on Linux

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