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TransluXent

TransluXent, a hack providing MacOS X-style alpha-blended windows under X on Linux, using OpenGL-enabled graphics cards. Currently it is an X server which sits on top of another X server, though it's still a proof of concept.

There are 2 comments on "TransluXent":

Posted by: gjw http://the-fix.org Thu Apr 17 12:32:51 2003

It's unfortunate that development of XF86 has progressed to such a snail's pace when it's vital to the acceptance of Linux on the desktop. The fact that features like this, and the extensions for anti-aliased font rendering etc. have to be hacked together by 3rd parties instead of built straight into X years ago when they were due highlights this.

Fortunately, things are being stirred up in the XF86 world and we might get back to real progress soon: http://www.xwin.org/

Posted by: gjw http://the-fix.org Thu Apr 17 12:58:17 2003

It's unfortunate that development of XF86 has progressed to such a snail's pace when it's vital to the acceptance of Linux on the desktop. The fact that features like this, and the extensions for anti-aliased font rendering etc. have to be hacked together by 3rd parties instead of built straight into X years ago when they were due highlights this.

Fortunately, things are being stirred up in the XF86 world and we might get back to real progress soon: http://www.xwin.org/