Linked by lopisaur on Fri 25th Jun 2010 22:21 UTC
Based upon a recent email to the X.Org developers' mailing list, Canonical is nearing the point of one of their goals for Ubuntu 10.10 of a rootless X Server, or being able to run the X.Org Server without root privileges.
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One of my main beefs with X--and I'm just assuming it's X's fault since I see it on Mac OS apps ported from Linux, as well as in the Linux desktop--are visual artifacts when redrawing parts of the screen. This to me is the one thing that screams "unprofessional" when compared to Mac and most modern Windows apps. Is anything being done/has anything been done recently to fix this?
Member since:2006-12-05
I only recall seeing redraw graphical glitches when using KDE4. And they involve the tooltips when you hover the mouse over the various objects on the panel. Then again, it's been a while since I used something other than KDE4 extensively, so maybe it just doesn't come to mind.
Member since:2008-12-26
One of my main beefs with X--and I'm just assuming it's X's fault since I see it on Mac OS apps ported from Linux, as well as in the Linux desktop--are visual artifacts when redrawing parts of the screen.
This is something that's been solved a long time ago by compositing window managers. Desktop graphics on X are every bit as smooth as on win7 these days.
Member since:2005-07-24
One of my main beefs with X--and I'm just assuming it's X's fault since I see it on Mac OS apps ported from Linux, as well as in the Linux desktop--are visual artifacts when redrawing parts of the screen.
Is it just me? Or do many people with criticisms of X need to "get a life". Visual artifacts? When I was growing up, we had a device called "rapid reader". It had a card with short, printed sentences on it, and you could slide it so that a single one resided in the view window. It had a spring-loaded shutter that you could snap into place. Slide the card, Push a button. And whhht! You had a tiny interval of time in which to read the sentence.
I really can't help but feel that some people are still trying to play "rapid reader" with display managers today.
And no. I note no visual artifacts, that are of any consequence to me, on my X displays.
Of course, if I plug a projector into my netbook during a presentation, it's anybody's guess what X might do. Hopefully, no one gets hurt.
(And, as an aside... I've been away for a while. But the OSNews readership is about the best I've seen anywhere. And despite my criticisms in the past, the OSNews moderation system is one which I find myself holding up as a golden standard to some of the less enlightened "cookie cutter" board administrators out there. Good job, Thom and Adam!)
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2008-12-26
Xorg is one of the best piece of technology available in Linux.
Agreed.
Some would argue that showing local content on screen is what X should do, everything else is bloat. But I guess we don't need to care since the bloat is harmless.
KDE is an exaggerated comparison; KDE also does millions of things but struggles with the basics (pulseaudio, networkmanager), while the basics in X seem to be in a pretty good shape.
I have to say, though, that with Lucid and the latest nvidia driver, I'm very happy with X, using both laptop screen and monitor at the same time, as well as using projectors without issues.