Re: an article about desktop

ubuntu@xxxxxx wrote:
A. Kudryashov wrote:
Hello!

Did anybody read this one?
http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/261/1/

IMHO ubuntu also choose wrong direction (with others).


Frankly, this guy is yet another pundit without a clue...

Now, now. Be nice. It's these kind of reactions that irritate people and make them think that Linux users are snobs...

That's simply not the way open source works...

I really don't think that's what he was saying.

He rants against XGL as frivolous, and while right now it is certainly
primarily eye candy, he is ignoring the very real benefits of having the
entire screen rendered through 3d channels rather than 2d. Better font
rendering and the cube for desktop switching are both great
improvements, and who knows what they'll think of next?

Okay, I'm not up on this whole XGL thing. Could you help me out with what the benefits would be?
But I would have to agree with Jem about 3D rendering using more resources than 2D. Imagine that on an older PC...

... Declaring that it should bend over to one niche or the
other is simply absurd. Linux is incredibly adaptable, why cage the tiger?

He isn't suggesting that all of Linux go one way. What he is saying is that there is an opportunity for a distro (or two) to be created specifically for a certain market, like writers/publishers.
Sort-of like Edubuntu, or (in a way) like typing "server" when you install Ubuntu.

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