____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 30 October 2007 14:12 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ AHappyCamper on Tuesday 30 October 2007 10:14 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 29 October 2007 14:53 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> Making Linux application user interfaces richer with OpenGL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote
>>>>>> | At the start of the session, Müller explained the reasons why
>>>>>> | developers might want to use OpenGL in GTK applications. Although
>>>>>> | Compiz offers some significant aesthetic improvements for desktop
>>>>>> | environments, it doesn't do much to improve the visual appearance of
>>>>>> | application user interfaces. In order to expand the potential for
>>>>>> | bling in open source software, developers will have to incorporate
>>>>>> | hardware-accelerated 3D rendering into the underlying widget toolkits.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071028-making-linux-application-user-interfaces-richer-with-opengl.html
>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yqxgr3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> KDE 4 appears to be doing this already, even without Compiz-Fusion.
>>>>> It's all very impressive, but what about the carbon footprint of all
>>>>> this?
>>>>
>>>> You could generalise the question to just ask about /any/ kind of use of
>>>> the GPU. It's an interesting dilemma. It's like people who cruise in their
>>>> cars just for fun, or install a set of neon lights in their car, or even
>>>> drive a large van just to get to work (one person).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Running mostly olde iron, I find that using the *BSD and GNU/Linux
>>> solutions that speed up that hardware are cost effective, in the
>>> schools, businesses, and homes.
>>>
>>> It is also green, to keep older iron running with a modicum of hardware
>>> upgrades, mostly of newer technology that is more efficient, using less
>>> energy. Best is the switch to LCD (typically 40 Watts 'on', 10 watts
>>> sleeping) from CRT monitors (typically 300 watts 'on', 40 watts
>>> sleeping!).
>>>
>>> I convert older systems at the average rate of two per week. Also hand
>>> out about a dozen Live CDroms each week. There is certainly a lot of
>>> good in all that, I believe.
>>
>> Not for hardware manufacturers, but to the environment and the end users --
>> yes, it's all good.
>>
>> My PCs are still specced like standard PCs from circa 2001/2.
>>
>
> Unless you're doing something exceptional, there should be no need for
> anything more recent. If you're prepared to use light-weight apps, a 15
> year old machine is probably fine.
Today's Web isn't quite so 'light', so for a desktop machine used for WWW
surfing, such a PC might be useful *barely* as a thin client.
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