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Fresco M1 Released

Posted by timothy on from the actually-not-x dept.

rajan r writes "The first release after 18 months, Fresco, previously known as Berlin, released M1 or Milestone 1. The release notes here, screenshots here. The original 'press release' follows: 'I'm proud to announce that milestone 1 of Fresco (formerly known as Berlin) has (at long last) been released. A lot has changed since the last release, but this isn't that surprising, since the last release was more then 18 months ago; most of the real work for the past few months has been behind the scenes (changing hosts, a new web site infrastructure, improved build system, an issue tracker (hooray!), better documentation (and more to come), etc.). Source (no packages at the moment, but debs will be available soon, and the tree contains .spec files for building your own rpms) The name change. Enjoy! -- Nathaniel '"

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  1. For God's sake by qwijibrumm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everyone is saying,
    1. "Why?"
    2. "What's wrong with X?"
    3. "It looks like crap."

    Nobody realizes the answers are easy.
    1. Why not? They want a better, simpler windowing environment.
    2. Read the page. There are performance issues, resolution issues, and network issues. They also hope to add an X compatibilty layer at some point.
    3. It's not done, not by a longshot.

    Frankly, a rival project is a good thing. Good luck to Fresco for doing something that no one else dares, writing what could turn in to an X substitue.

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  2. Re:You know, Fresco...doesn't ring a bell? by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Yeah, I get pissed when I go to sports sites and they talk about all these teams and games and RBI, yards passages and other technical terms. I expect them to explain it to me in every article summary too. Fuckers. Tell you what - you go beat up on the sports sites for assuming you know something about sports, and I'll go beat up on the technical sites for assuming you know something about tech.

    (Oh and I *REALLY* hate the sites that link to other sites that might have further information... like they expect me to *read* something about the subject. Ha! FAQ and search engines? Not for me my bucko - I want it spoon fed!)

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    Evan "Played golf and cricket in school, still have only a dim idea of how (American) football works"

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    "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien