____/ AHappyCamper on Tuesday 30 October 2007 10:14 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 29 October 2007 14:53 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Making Linux application user interfaces richer with OpenGL
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote
>>>> | At the start of the session, Müller explained the reasons why developers
>>>> | might want to use OpenGL in GTK applications. Although Compiz offers
>>>> | some significant aesthetic improvements for desktop environments, it
>>>> | doesn't do much to improve the visual appearance of application user
>>>> | interfaces. In order to expand the potential for bling in open source
>>>> | software, developers will have to incorporate hardware-accelerated 3D
>>>> | rendering into the underlying widget toolkits.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071028-making-linux-application-user-interfaces-richer-with-opengl.html
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yqxgr3
>>>>
>>>> KDE 4 appears to be doing this already, even without Compiz-Fusion.
>>> It's all very impressive, but what about the carbon footprint of all
>>> this?
>>
>> You could generalise the question to just ask about /any/ kind of use of the
>> GPU. It's an interesting dilemma. It's like people who cruise in their cars
>> just for fun, or install a set of neon lights in their car, or even drive a
>> large van just to get to work (one person).
>>
>
> Running mostly olde iron, I find that using the *BSD and GNU/Linux
> solutions that speed up that hardware are cost effective, in the
> schools, businesses, and homes.
>
> It is also green, to keep older iron running with a modicum of hardware
> upgrades, mostly of newer technology that is more efficient, using less
> energy. Best is the switch to LCD (typically 40 Watts 'on', 10 watts
> sleeping) from CRT monitors (typically 300 watts 'on', 40 watts
> sleeping!).
>
> I convert older systems at the average rate of two per week. Also hand
> out about a dozen Live CDroms each week. There is certainly a lot of
> good in all that, I believe.
Not for hardware manufacturers, but to the environment and the end users --
yes, it's all good.
My PCs are still specced like standard PCs from circa 2001/2.
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