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Novell Linux Desktop Demonstration Videos

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"A preview of Novell Linux Desktop 10 (NLD10) was shown to an audience at the Solutions Linux conference this week in Paris. We have a selection of videos which display a variety of amazing effects through the use of XGL, including transparency, wobbling windows, a 3D Cube for desktop switching, and a task switcher which displays a preview of windows."

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Update: More info here complete with more videos and screenshots...
Novell is announcing its contribution of the Xgl graphics subsystem and the 'Compiz ' compositing manager to the X.org project. These enhancements open up a whole world of hardware acceleration, fancy animation, separating hardware resolution from software resolution, and more. As a result, Linux desktops will become more usable, end-user productivity will increase, and Linux is firmly positioned at the forefront of client computing technology.

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Re: Quartz 2D Extreme

Quartz 2D Extreme is disabled, but there are multiple components to OS X. Quartz Extreme (the compositing engine) is 3D accelerated. Quartz 2D Extreme was suppose to add support for accelerating drawing primitives, this is similar to the glitz backed for cairo. If we can get that stable (AFAIK it glitz still has some issues) and get compiz on the latest releases then we will be ahead. Just compiz puts us on par with OS X.