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GTK+ to Use Cairo Vector Engine

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pretty-pictures dept.

Eugenia writes "GTK+ is now the first major toolkit to have added support for the Cairo 2D vector graphics library, which is designed to provide high-quality display and print output. GTK+ project leader Owen Taylor has commented on the X/GTK integration of Cairo. To put it in perspective, Cairo is similar to OSX's Quartz engine and Longhorn's Avalon (PPT analysis). The 3D hardware accelerated image compositing OpenGL part of Cairo will be provided by the Glitz library. Cairo is 'possible' to be part of Qt 4.x at a later date, according to Trolltech's Qt 4 technical preview document."

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  1. Re:Open Source 3D by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, distro licensing keeps the binaries away.

    From the nvidia license...

    2.1.2 Linux/FreeBSD Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux or FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived from the source code to these operating systems, may be copied and redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for unzipping of compressed files). .... So go fuck yourself and your zealot distro already. ;-)

    Tom

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    Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  2. Re:Open Source 3D by bsharitt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So go fuck yourself and your zealot distro already. ;-)

    Calm down. Breath in. Breath out.

    Either that or go back under your bridge.

  3. Re:Open Source 3D by binford2k · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So go fuck yourself and your zealot distro already. ;-)

    Typical Gentoo user.

    (Yes, I know that's hypocritical of me, since I use Gentoo myself, but damn, people. Believe it or not, Gentoo is *NOT* the solution to all of the world's problems!)

  4. wow.... more dependancies. by xmorg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Great. More dependancies, so they can break, and then i cant upgrade... hurray.