Dbus

[parag0n]

Does anyone in the know have any idea if the pandora's OS will support the DBus IPC?

DBus is an interprocess communications protocol, used in modern linux distributions for everything from bluetooth control, to network (wired and wireless), to hardware abstraction.

Essentially, it lets any program connect and control any part of the machine's hardware accessible through DBus. I have personally used it for a little python app that checked a laptop's battery (via HAL) & network connectivity (via network-manager) before launching a connection to another machine, and it trimmed down the development time from a few days to an afternoon.

 

[sindbad]

I'm sure it will work and it better be included by default, it's essential nowadays.

 

[MrShleee]

DBUS isn't a drop-in solution and will require a decent amount of tweaking to get working but the idea is brilliant for managing hardware/software abstraction.