____/ 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).
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