I am Erik Masson, the creator of Indigo Magic Desktop for Linux. I've read the post today and I had to come clean on the future of my project.
First, the project is far from being dead and I hope to convince you on that.
Big changes in my life (personal and professional) forced my to change my priority and time allocation on the IMD Project for quite some time now.
Having said that, since a few months now, I was able to write more code and to maintain a closed distribution (underground releases) with some selected testers out there on the Net.
About the IMD Project future. Well, part of the project will be hosted at SourceForge and most of the code will be made available there too. Things are moving faster and there are fewer bugs everyday. Meaning, I am cooking a NEW version of IMD for Linux soon. My web site is back on line, that to Bernaps and will update its content.
Remember, the focus of IMD for Linux is to provide a true implementation of the original IMD running on IRIX and allowing smooth migration of existing applications without retraining thne users. Of course new applications are welcome;-)
I have listed below some of the project highlights:
1) SGI Motif look and feel is 99% finish. Meaning that only a few standard widgets needs attention! 2) SGI Color Scheme is working quite nice and I have attached a few screenshots for you. 3) 5Dwm window manager is OK for launch. Refer to the 5dwm.org website for more details regarding features and schedules. 4) Toolchest is finished too and now supports auxiliary menu. 5) Laucheffect with sound (sparkling effect when an application is launched) finished 6) Cool desktop applications to bundle with the IM Desktop (gmemusage, gr_osview, xmcd, xmmix, ddd, mgdiff, xconfirm,xmms, etc.) Most of these applications have been modified in order to nicely integrate into the Indigo Magic Desktop environment. 7) Icon Vector library is working fine and will be integrated with my new version of iconCatalog and file-manager. Point to note, my vector library make use of OpenGL hardware acceleration (when available) or fail back to an hybrid OpenGL/X Primitives. The name of the game here is maximum speed with minimal CPU resource utilization. 8) A new framework is been created to facilities IRIX application migration to Linux. 9) Open Inventor toolkit is also available and way modified slightly. 10) Icon Catalog development is underway 11) Fm is underway too. 12) Special enhancements are made in both Motif and 5Dwm for Overlay Plane supports. 13) SGI is drafting a license agreement allowing me to work on IMD for Linux.
Thanks for you continuous interest in Indigo Magic Project and I hope to hear from you soon.
People are welcome to contact me directly at indigo2@sympatico.ca for questions or becoming beta tester
I am working a new website which should be up by end of this week with loads of screenshots and information.
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Hi,
;-)
I am Erik Masson, the creator of Indigo Magic Desktop for Linux. I've read the post today and I had to come clean on the future of my project.
First, the project is far from being dead and I hope to convince you on that.
Big changes in my life (personal and professional) forced my to change my priority and time allocation on the IMD Project for quite some time now.
Having said that, since a few months now, I was able to write more code and to maintain a closed distribution (underground releases) with some selected testers out there on the Net.
About the IMD Project future. Well, part of the project will be hosted at SourceForge and most of the code will be made available there too. Things are moving faster and there are fewer bugs everyday. Meaning, I am cooking a NEW version of IMD for Linux soon. My web site is back on line, that to Bernaps and will update its content.
Remember, the focus of IMD for Linux is to provide a true implementation of the original IMD running on IRIX and allowing smooth migration of existing applications without retraining thne users. Of course new applications are welcome
I have listed below some of the project highlights:
1) SGI Motif look and feel is 99% finish. Meaning that only a few standard widgets needs attention!
2) SGI Color Scheme is working quite nice and I have attached a few screenshots for you.
3) 5Dwm window manager is OK for launch. Refer to the 5dwm.org website for more details regarding features and schedules.
4) Toolchest is finished too and now supports auxiliary menu.
5) Laucheffect with sound (sparkling effect when an application is launched) finished
6) Cool desktop applications to bundle with the IM Desktop (gmemusage, gr_osview, xmcd, xmmix, ddd, mgdiff, xconfirm,xmms, etc.) Most of these applications have been modified in order to nicely integrate into the Indigo Magic Desktop environment.
7) Icon Vector library is working fine and will be integrated with my new version of iconCatalog and file-manager. Point to note, my vector library make use of OpenGL hardware acceleration (when available) or fail back to an hybrid OpenGL/X Primitives. The name of the game here is maximum speed with minimal CPU resource utilization.
8) A new framework is been created to facilities IRIX application migration to Linux.
9) Open Inventor toolkit is also available and way modified slightly.
10) Icon Catalog development is underway
11) Fm is underway too.
12) Special enhancements are made in both Motif and 5Dwm for Overlay Plane supports.
13) SGI is drafting a license agreement allowing me to work on IMD for Linux.
Thanks for you continuous interest in Indigo Magic Project and I hope to hear from you soon.
People are welcome to contact me directly at indigo2@sympatico.ca for questions or becoming beta tester
I am working a new website which should be up by end of this week with loads of screenshots and information.
Sincerely,
Eric Masson
5Dwm.org