did manage to get a vm set up and working yesterday. i like the ui that was in the original maemo preview as it was similar to microb. i think it would be better sticking with something like that but in qt not qml.

i can't remember the exact reason for not using gtk (issue gl canvas is floating around in my head), but we have some underlying components of microb reverse engineered, jonwill iirc did some. would it not be better to aim at making it a drop in replacement for what we already have.