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X.org X11 Server Release 6.8
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?"
Really, why?...What is it with drop shadows?
They look good.
That's it. No hidden meaning, no technical advantage, no uberl33th@x0r nonesense, nothing about skinning...just straightfowardly it looks good. No deeper explanation exists. Or needs to exist.
Cheers,
Ian
BUT THINK OF TEH CLOCKSYKELS!12!!21
Anyone know how many years ago Windows did translucency?
but there's no depth to percieve you fucking moron. you're looking at a flat image
Is it just me, or are we hearing about this *again*? Port it to Solaris already.
Hey dude, I thought you might like this:
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Has been able to do this fucking shit since Windows 3.xx
It was flamebait, as you clearly haven't understood the principle that operating system component releases are different to operating system releases. I haven't had to tweak any X configuration file for a long time now, thanks to the Red Hat/Fedora config tools. I have no doubt that when I upgrade to FC3 this will all be set up automatically. That's what a distribution does, right?
mod parent up, it was not flamebait. Geesh. God forgive you mention a legitimate flaw in linux...
Why is it I take the SAME exact machine and place Fedora/Debian/Mandrake and it runs SLOWER out of the box then using Windoze?
Maybe you should just try running one version of Linux at once instead of all three?
Yeah, it's a facetious comment but you strike me as a whiney little fuck who is overly fond of using CAPITAL LETTERS to get across his point THAT MUST NOT BE IGNORED!!!
no self respecting troll would make such a statement. This is a new troll trolling in on a troll's old troll... uh, hm actually WHO GIVES A FUCK? Hahah, uhh.
By that logic, you can't complain to a virus author that his program wrecked your machine, because he gave it to you for free.
When a volunteer gives you a product for free and it is defective, you let the person know what's wrong, offer to retest it if they try to fix it, and if you have any time & talent to draw on, you offer to fix the problem and send in a patch. You NEVER, EVER complain. The worst you have the right to say is "I hope they take care of it in the next release".
It depends on the software. I'm not pointing at X.Org, but with some software people certainly do have the right to complain if they are "promised" l33t code by some egotistical basement hacker to perform some task, and the code turns out to be shit. You're also limiting the userbase to those who know how to code, but this isn't reality. Face it, if you write and give away software that doesn't deliver what is promised you will hear complaints. I'm having various problems with a particular package (I won't name names), the developer is being a dick, and I'm too busy to go in and try to fix the problem myself. If anything I reserve every right to complain about said developer being an asshole. For all those who will throw out a "STFU" to the userbase you may get some "STFU"'s back. May or may not be fair, but that's reality.
I'm sure "SlashdotMedia" will improve on all the wonders that Dice Holdings blessed us all with
Damn. And I thought we were safe from it...
Aaaiiieeeee! Top-posting makes its debut on Slashdot! [head explodes, intarweb collapses]
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
It doesn't take programming skills to retest, i.e., rerun the app and see if the problem is still there.
Depends on the user. Ever work on a helpdesk? Ever spend a solid 4 minutes trying to explain to a user that "to compose an email you need to click on the 'Compose' link" (web-based email). Not everyone can even grasp a general interface, much less have the foresight to do any sort of "testing" if they run into a problem.
You might not like how the developer is behaving under the pressure, and you might complain, but can you seriously say you are in the right to do so, since you haven't paid him a Peseta to work on the project?
Why not in some cases? Not all developers are working "under pressure". Like you mentioned there are plenty of dead SourceForge projects sitting out there. They may have had good "intentions" but it takes more than that. I'm simply saying that there are some hackers out there that turn into brazen assholes if you even dare suggest that there is either a design flaw or that their code isn't all that clean. BTW, since when does the right to complain only come with the exchange of money? Joe Hacker has just the same right to ignore Bob User as Bob User has the right to complain. Complaining is just vocalizing an opinion. Said opinion may be nothing but useless whining (I hear it at times as well), but I don't buy the notion that there is no "right" to do it until money is exchanged.
I'm sure "SlashdotMedia" will improve on all the wonders that Dice Holdings blessed us all with
I'm having my drop shadows tattooed on. Who's the 1337 mofo' h4X0r now bitch? Say my handle, say my handle...
Windows 2000 had *true* translucent windows. Why did it take the open source community four years to implement it?
OMG!! Happy day day for linux users! Drop shadows and transparency!?!? That is so amazing!! I've never seen any other OS do that! OMG!!