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GTK+ to Use Cairo Vector Engine
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."
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
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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How did this get +5?
... and this is why I use gentoo and not some freakish zealot "debian totally/free/only" ...
.... ... +5? Punk...
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?
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!!!
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
Seeing as Apple have already been doing it for years, you neither need to worry about patents, or getting near the forefront of innovation.
I can just imagine how this will work under KDE or GNOME. It will be mind bogglingly SLOOOOOWWWWWW
Double Click. A curious silent delay. Then a load of whirring hard drive noise as the system searches through the infinite blobs of enormous code. Then slowly one by one each file name will appear with no icon. Then each icon will take about 20 seconds each to render. And if you try and drag the window when it is happening you will get a load of those multiple copies of the same window effect X is famous for. Then the mouse will dissapear and the system will be hung on 100% CPU on X.
Good lord. Why bother. The deep and inherant problems in the Linux GUI are so great this is really a sure fire why to make it even worse than it already is.
Give up Linux.