I'm planning to take a non-GUI Linux distro (no Gnome, KDE, etc) and build my own front-end GUI for it. While I have a few years of Python programming experience, I have never attempted to do something quite like this. To be more specific about my project, I'm building a CarPC and I have everything pretty much worked out so far, except the front-end. Most pre-existing front-ends for CarPCs run on Windows and the ones that run on Linux are hard to find (they either quit development or only run on specific hardware). My front-end will always be full-screen and I do not want to run a desktop environment unless I absolutely have to; it would just slow down the boot time and provide unnecessary features. What Python graphics libraries are out there that would allow me to build a front-end GUI without a desktop environment? Continue reading...
