Hi,

I come from an embedded linux background: There I know my tools: C, C++, Qt, libraries, drivers, kernel, etc.
I’m interested in Tizen, but the website and information is driving me nuts.

I need to known is Tizen can fullfill my requirements
0) get Tizen onto a custom ARM embedded board
1) standard development, access and usage of embedded linux based drivers; and standard I/O access on ARM embedded boards
2) development in C++
3) Creating GUI‘s with simple access to C++ and (via C++) I/O

I guess I’m asking if Tizen provides a linux-based ecosystem, or if it is a golden cage. ?

Tizen will only interest me if it provides tools in addition (!) to a standard linux ecosystem.
I’m particularly interested in Tizen’s GUI – HTML5. Can I easily interface Tizen HTML5 with C++ code and drive IO; otherwise HTML5 would be a golden cage. (I should mention that if if’s possible to interface C++ and HTML5, then I need to know if this requires “jumping through hoops”, ugly hacks, or interfaces that are bleeding-edge, non-standardized and bound to change.).
(Any other GUI possibilities?)

Thanks so much.
Hopefully the fog will lift! 😉
P.

PS: Any examples of getting Tizen on a ARM platform, and hello world demo of having a GUI, that tiggers I/O (say a led) via C++
would be great…

and proof that Tizen is not just a golden cage, or a weird project that seems unable to articulate its technology sufficiently well.