Front, Kernel, Security, Distributions, Development. See your byline here on LWN.net.

Create an account

Subscribe to LWN

LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 24, 2012

A uTouch architecture introduction

LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 17, 2012

Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich

Highlights from the PostgreSQL 9.2 beta

Printable page

Weekly edition	Kernel	Security	Distributions	Contact Us	Search
Archives	Calendar	Subscribe	Write for LWN	LWN.net FAQ	Sponsors

Graesslin: Driver dilemma in KDE workspaces 4.5

Posted Sep 7, 2010 7:42 UTC (Tue) by renox (subscriber, #23785)
In reply to: Graesslin: Driver dilemma in KDE workspaces 4.5 by Sho
Parent article: Graesslin: Driver dilemma in KDE workspaces 4.5

Thanks for correcting me for the Qt4.7 / kwin error.

>> That's funny: when Windows Vista was released, quite a few Linux users made fun about unneeded eye candy, now Linux desktops should exercise drivers????
>
> OpenGL compositing is a feature high in demand by lots of users, so it gets worked on.

I'd venture that having a desktop which 'just work' is also a feature which is in high demand by lots of users!
Note that the article isn't only about 'basic' compositing but about compositing with special effects such as 'blur shaders' which create issues..

(Log in to post comments)

Graesslin: Driver dilemma in KDE workspaces 4.5

Posted Sep 7, 2010 13:17 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link]

KDE provides a desktop. For a system (including graphics drivers) that Just Works, ask distros.

Graesslin: Driver dilemma in KDE workspaces 4.5

Posted Sep 7, 2010 21:44 UTC (Tue) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]

> KDE provides a desktop. For a system (including graphics drivers) that Just Works, ask distros.

The same distros that used KDE4.0 without warning users that it was a 'bleeding edge' version?
Yeah, what *could* go wrong with trusting such distributions to 'stabilize' KDE system?

Graesslin: Driver dilemma in KDE workspaces 4.5

Posted Sep 8, 2010 11:03 UTC (Wed) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

The fact that (some of) the distros screwed up over KDE 4.0 does not change the fact that putting together a set of software that will produce a system that Just Works is their responsibility. It raises questions over their competence to fulfill that responsibility, but it doesn't remove the responsibility.