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Next-Gen X Window Rendering For Linux

Posted by timothy on from the future-looks-pretty dept.

Bytal writes "Seth Nickel, a GNOME hacker, has an extensive treatment of the next generation Linux graphics technologies being worked on by Red Hat and others. For all those complaining about the current X-Windows/X.org server capabilities, things like 'Indiana Jones buttons that puff out smoothly animated clouds of smoke when you click on them,' 'Workspace switching effects so lavish they make Keynote jealous' and even the mundane 'Hardware accelerated PDF viewers' may be interesting."

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  1. All this, and yet.... by IWantMoreSpamPlease · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    BeOS *still* does it better and faster than any other OS out there.

    Here's a little hint to the (future) OS coders out there:

    Don't make it snazzy, make it *functional*, snazzy can come later.

    --
    So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
  2. Re:So basically by Leo+McGarry · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Give us a call when you're willing to pay for quality products. Until then, you can continue to suck at the hind teat.

    Life's harsh. That which is free will always, always suck.

  3. Re:Detailed description of Quartz/PDF by bonch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You know, searching through every search engine and reading every website contradicts what you're posting and confirms the website I linked to.

    Is Arstechnica wrong? Quartz: "Display PDF"