Red Hat Preps 'Sugar' Client OS For Web Services Era
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| Red Hat gave a sneak peek at its future online services client, which
| is designed to take on Google -- not Microsoft's Windows Vista
| or next-generation "Vienna" desktop.
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http://www.crncanada.ca/content/software/red-hat-preps-sugar-clien.shtml
If Vienna turns out to be real (O/S as we know it), then just shipping will
be the best feature. Microsoft admits the code in Vista is a mess. And it
shows.
The desktop I'd like to see
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| Chris Tyler, X developer, says that Xgl and AIGLX (a 3D,
| OpenGL-compliant system that represents an alternative to Xgl on
| the X Window System) actually speed up some applications because
| these systems fully render all windows into memory. He writes,
| "they are never damaged by other overlapping windows or by switching
| virtual desktops. This means that the clients almost never receive
| redraw requests and remote apps appear much more responsive." AIGLX
| should be faster than Xgl, Chris says, because AIGLX runs directly
| on the host's X server. Xgl requires two X servers, one layered on
| top of the other, because X doesn't have pure-GL video drivers.
| But benchmarks show varying results in comparing Xgl and AIGLX,
| so AIGLX could use more optimization. Still, Chris says the
| commands that both systems pass to the graphics card can be
| handled by any card produced over the past half decade, although
| some of them can't do it with acceptable performance.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/the_desktop_id.html
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