On 4/1/06, Erle Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thought id sent across some interesting observations. > Indicators of the future... (desktop related features) > > Saw Ubuntu Beta of the new Dapper Drake scheduled (delayed a bit) for > May/June. The new XGL interfaces ..... > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=401&num=1 > > One word. WOW. Pictures do not do Justice. Seen an average comp. with an > average display card do some pretty amazing effects. > > novell desktop also scheduled for June also comes with XGL. Same really > cool desktop features. > http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/ > > apparently there is something called "aglx" which the FC team have been > working on, which gives the same features... it doesnt come with FC5, > but can be put on as I was promised. But did not get a chance to see it > yet. for the adventurous, its in extras I believe somewhere... > > Gnome 2.6.14 is FAST. Real FAST. Got a chance to met with a few > developers, think of this, gnome 2.8 on debian. thats right Debian! > uses more than 120-130 mb (64bit port), 2.6.14 takes 80M. (seen this on > my own piece, so i can vouch for it.) > > in short, future looking good. More WOW factor. Better hardware support.
woo hoo! Move over vapor ware (if you ever get released i.e.)! Linux is here and it can do better :D -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
