Visual Effects and Operating Systems: The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful
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| To some users functionality might be everything. Such users surely can do
| without eye candy. In the Linux world this attitude seems to be very
| common.
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| If you've seen XGL in action, you have to admit - even as a hardcore
| Apple fan - the effects are impressive. And yes, they leave Apple behind.
| But while the graphics gurus are busy showing their impressive
| capabilities, and the techies praise the results, the standard user leans
| back and asks "Why?"
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| If you're a developer keen to test the limits of visual effects in
| operating systems, I suggest: keep going! Bring beauty to the desktop!
| It's great. We need it. Linux needs it. But tell a story with your
| effects. Help us understand what your application does. And please
| stop wasting time for this mine?s-more-beautiful-than-yours-game.
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http://slaser.com/blog/2006/09/28/the-good-the-bad-and-the-beautiful/
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