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X.org X11 Server Release 6.8

Posted by timothy on from the to-display-in-window dept.

kormoc writes "The developers of X.org have just release the long-desired version 6.8.0. This release brings real translucency and allows one to set values on different windows. Also, nifty drop shadows as well as XDamage, an extention that limits redrawing of windows to only the areas that were damaged. The Xcomposite extention is still not stable, but it works well for some people. Why not give it a shot?"

3 of 463 comments (clear)

  1. This is cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Umm..yeah...XFree86 die die....

    X.org is a good thing....yeah...bring on the Aqua-like eye candy I say.

  2. Re:Debian by sxpert · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    yeah, will be in debian in a couple of years

  3. Re:Screw the eye candy, where is the integration? by l3v1 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    When can we see a trusted computing environment? (gui down) When will we see fully improved network/remote access? When will we see some innovation instead of eye candy? Why does something have to be invented on OSX or Windows instead of pioneered on linux?

    When someone writes - without smileyes or indication of joking of course - things like these above, I cannot in my life understand how in hell or heaven can it be moderated to Interesting.

    Oh yeah, right, interesting in the way it shows linux&*nix ingorance.

    Nothing to see here.

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