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From: Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OpenGL X desktop
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:18:05
Message-Id: 43EE28BB.2040609@planet.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] OpenGL X desktop by Daevid Vincent
1 Daevid Vincent schreef:
2 > Whoa. Check out this demo of a new OpenGL X desktop. IMHO it blows away the
3 > Mac OS/X
4 >
5 > http://www.freedesktop.org/~davidr/xgl-demo1.xvid.avi
6 >
7 > Anyone have any other info on when this will be available? How does it work?
8 >
9 > It looks like they're just using Gnome. Will it work with KDE too?
10 >
11 > I want it now!
12 >
13 Oh. My. God.
14
15 ....
16
17 (thanks for the heads-up, Daevid, certainly that video was worth seeing!)
18
19 More questions... what kind of a rig is that (will it run on my fairly
20 ordinary box? Will it run with the *&%%^ ati drivers?)?
21
22 Oh. My.
23
24 ....
25
26 Heck, I'd run GNOME again if that was the only way to get that, I don't
27 bloody care. I like GNOME anyway.
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29 *Finally*, eye-candy worthy of the name!!!
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31 Oh, how many people could I begin converting to Linux if they saw my
32 desktop doing *that*...?!!?
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34 Bite me, Vista!!!
35
36 Holly,
37 off to the forums to read the giant thread.
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