Re: so while we're dreaming ...



On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 15:54, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Thomas Vander Stichele">
> 
> > anyone considered using DirectFB and GTK for that ? If the desktop is
> > about gnome integration and supposed to be more osx-like, then we might
> > want to at least investigate the possibility of replacing X with something
> > else.
> 
> *boggle*
> 
> Seth made a comment about everyone leaping in with their favourite
> technologies the other day. I can't see what DirectFB or replacing X buys us
> now, or in the long run.

Like he says, and just to point out that DirectFB doesn't have anywhere
near as much hardware/features support as X.

And much of the Gnome programs use X. For example the
gnome-settings-daemon, so it's a no no.

Cheers

PS: If we were building a set-top box, in which we could put any video
card of our choice, DirectFB would probably have made sense. Not for a
desktop though.
-- 
/Bastien Nocera
http://hadess.net

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