<s>
XFast	B-Language
is	O
a	O
lightweight	O
desktop	O
environment	O
that	O
incorporates	O
a	O
display	O
manager	O
and	O
a	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
within	O
the	O
same	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
portable	O
and	O
works	O
on	O
many	O
devices	O
(	O
embedded	B-Architecture
devices	I-Architecture
,	O
handhelds	O
,	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
,...	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
project	O
XFast	B-Language
is	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
very	O
slim	O
and	O
fast	O
graphical	O
environment	O
that	O
contains	O
both	O
within	O
the	O
same	O
project	O
:	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
an	O
X-server	O
to	O
give	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
hardware	O
and	O
a	O
WindowManager-like	O
layer	O
that	O
offers	O
user	O
interface	O
elements	O
for	O
applications	O
and	O
desktop	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Target	O
systems	O
for	O
XFast	B-Language
are	O
(	O
not	O
only	O
)	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
with	O
low	O
resources	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
important	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
UI	O
available	O
with	O
short	O
loading	O
times	O
and	O
low	O
memory	O
consumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
currently	O
runs	O
at	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
GP2X	B-Device
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
XFast	B-Language
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
environment	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
Simple	B-Operating_System
DirectMedia	I-Operating_System
Layer	I-Operating_System
applications	O
are	O
supported	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
need	O
to	O
re-write	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
use	O
them	O
special	O
patched	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
SDL	O
versions	O
are	O
required	O
,	O
the	O
related	O
patch	O
and	O
build	O
scripts	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
XFast	B-Language
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beside	O
of	O
that	O
XFast	B-Language
offers	O
an	O
own	O
GUI	O
widget	O
library	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
write	O
native	O
applications	O
for	O
that	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XFast	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
that	O
was	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
XFast	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
and	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Xynth	O
windowing	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
this	O
fork	B-Application
is	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
more	O
compatible	O
source	O
base	O
for	O
both	O
:	O
low	O
level	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
and	O
desktop	O
systems	O
with	O
bigger	O
hardware	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
