Am Mittwoch, 14. Juni 2006 15:49 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > I dispute that. DragonFly will be just as suited for desktops as Linux > > is. Simply because X works and desktop environments work on it. > > I really wish that. However, in the near coming days, noone will use > DragonFly on desktop simply because Linux and FreeBSD will have OpenGL > accelerated X for which you need 3rd party drivers. I briefly installed > KDE on FreeBSD without nvidia drivers. It was ok, but GUI was slow, > redrawing windows was slow(same on DragonFly), then I installed nvidia > drivers and now it's very smooth, ready for desktop use. Sadly, there > won't be nvidia drivers for DragonFly any time soon.
Well, I use KDE on Dragonfly, with an ATI Mobility X600 on my notebook and a Nvidia card on my desktop. I wouldn't say, it feels slow compared to Linux, but that may be a subjective thing. But I agree, that OpenGL could become more important, when KDE4 will arrive next year with new eyecandy. For me, the lack of (building) desktop apps I want to use in pkgsrc are a greater problem. Thomas