[Gumstix-users] A bridge too far?

[Mark H. <ma...@th...>]

My ultimate objective with my gumstix project is sort of a dumb one -- I
want to simply run a browser on the Samsung LCD touchscreen and be able to
interact with a webserver that I run at home.  This is  part of a home
automation project -- I need a tiny, touchscreen controllable system that
can talk on my wireless network at home.  I got pretty excited when the
verdex/netwifi-microSD/consoleLCD-vx all came together -- it seemed like the
perfect combo.
 
I wondering now if I've made a mistake.  At best, I'm an enlightened amateur
when it comes to kernel building for Linux, and while I'm able to
successfully follow in the footsteps of others of you with way more
knowledge, I'm finally starting to appreciate that I may have bitten off
more than can chew with the gumstix.  To get to my final result, I still
need to 
 
-- get WPA wireless networking running  (I hate the idea of exposing my home
wifi network with WEP)
-- get a windowing system capable of running a browser installed and running
on the gumstix
-- get the touchscreen working (the LCD already works)
-- get a browser running on the gumstix
 
At this stage, I haven't a clue how to proceed with any of these tasks.
>From mailing list traffic it seems that WPA wifi isn't working for anybody
yet, and I haven't seen any posts about a windowing system for the verdex
MB.  Are there any small enough to fit?
 
Anyway:  I'd appreciate advice from the group -- is the gumstix not really a
good platform for a non-kernel hacker type?
 
-M.