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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. Cairo? Windows NT 4.0 Beta? by TWX · · Score: 0, Troll
    hmmm.. I thought the joke was
    Windows 95 = Apple 1994
    rather than anything having to do with Microsoft's beta releases of Windows NT 4.0 back in 1995/1996...
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  2. Cairo vs Longhorn's Avalon by PxM · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hmm...since Cairo is out and Avalon isn't, the Penguin now has a step up on Redmond in terms of graphics. Granted, Avalon includes some other spiffy 3d eye candy, but this is a first where the Linux GUI beats out the Windows one.

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

    How did this get +5?

    People who don't bundle nvidia/ati drivers [or at least make them possible to add] are just as bad as the "closed source" peeps in the first place.

    Isn't it about my choice not yours? ... and this is why I use gentoo and not some freakish zealot "debian totally/free/only" ...

    Yeah, it would be cool if nvidia released the specs and source. But no, I don't care about loading a "binary" in Gentoo. All I want is gfx driver that properly supports my card.

    And well... so far they've worked perfect in 32 and 64 bit mode [nvidias drivers].

    I mean you might as well say "it would be nice if we had open source cpus, ok I'll hold out until one exists.". I mean running debian on an AMD or Intel cpu is just hypocritical if it must be 100% pure free.

    Hell for that matter, let's see the northbridge/southbridge specs and the ram!!! oh and let's see the exact inner workings of those hard disks!!! .... ... +5? Punk...

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  4. Re:Wow!! Now THIS is what we can call PROGRESS! by lisaparratt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seeing as Apple have already been doing it for years, you neither need to worry about patents, or getting near the forefront of innovation.