Novell Linux Xgl demo

Posted by bordalix Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:52:00 GMT

Novell Linux has just released this amazing technology demonstration video showing off some of the new features of their impressive operating system.

The system used was an old system with only 256MB's of RAM. Windows Vista won't even boot on that.

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  1. Mário Lopes said 42 minutes later:
    It's like Mac OS X but even more cool! Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it work on Ubuntu Dapper Drake with an ATi X800 :\
  2. pfig said about 3 hours later:
    did they finally get rid of x11?
  3. Rui Carmo said about 4 hours later:
    The real issue here is - what sort of video card were they using? The docs on Xgl aren't too clear on hardware support, and my guess is that most low-end PCs don't have the right kind of card... It's like the old SGI days - a crummy CPU can do wonders with the right GPU alongside...
  4. Duarte Santos said about 6 hours later:
    I tested XGL on my laptop with an ATI X700 and works! I tested XGL on my Home pc with a Geforce 7800 GT and works! I havent tested with a slow pc because i dont have one... sorry. For the How To... http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl
  5. Tiago Cogumbreiro said about 13 hours later:
    No, they didn't get rid of X11. Why would they?
  6. Nuno Morgadinho said about 16 hours later:
    It's good to see people investing on the Linux desktop. Thanks for the link. Nuno
  7. Qwerty said 10 days later:
    Lindo!!...

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