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Ximian's Back

Posted by Hemos on from the extra-extra-read-all-about-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Joe Barr at LinuxWorld has a hands-on look at the new Ximian desktop and he seems to like it a lot. The story is currently running on Linuxworld.com"

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  1. Ximian Connector ? by Aliencow · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anybody has experience with that Evolution plugin and Exchange ?
    It would really be fun to have instant messages and calendar sharing and all on my laptop at work without installing windows...

  2. Re:Why the emphasis on a polished desktop? by 73939133 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    and moving away from antiquated systems like X.

    Antiquated in what way? X11 is a client-server system, just like Windows and Macintosh. Like Windows and Macintosh, it supports antialiasing, direct rendering, 3D graphics acceleration, alpha blending, etc. Unlike Windows and Macintosh, it has been designed from the ground up for asynchronous server operations, separate address spaces, and separate graphics processors. Unlike Windows or Macintosh, it uses a well-defined, efficient, binary communications protocol. Unlike Windows or Macintosh, it also has extensive standards for inter-client communication and distributed clients.

    I would much rather have a windowing system that didn't have 20-odd years of cruft, but instead had native support for things like antialiasing and an X compatability layer.

    Looks to me like Windows and Macintosh would do well to move away from their cruft. Windows pretends to use a frame buffer library even though that doesn't correspond to reality at all. And Macintosh's DisplayPDF system is really crufty--a slight variant of the 20 year old DisplayPostscript system.

    One can doubtlessly do better than X11, but none of the commercial or open source projects seem to be even trying.