X.org X11 Server Release 6.8

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X.org X11 Server Release 6.8 463

Posted by timothy on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:05AM from the to-display-in-window dept.

kormoc writes "The developers of X.org have just release the long-desired version 6.8.0. This release brings real translucency and allows one to set values on different windows. Also, nifty drop shadows as well as XDamage, an extention that limits redrawing of windows to only the areas that were damaged. The Xcomposite extention is still not stable, but it works well for some people. Why not give it a shot?"

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Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:08AM (#10187764)

Really, why?

What is it with drop shadows?

Do they make you appear super l33t h4x0rZ111!11one w00t!!!?

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Gentoo! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:09AM (#10187771)

Gentoo users may have access to it first, but will they be the first to be able to run it? Teeheehee!

(Take it as a joke, gentoo fans...)

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"Why not give it a shot?" (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:10AM (#10187777)

I run XFree, you insensitive clod

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Debian (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:10AM (#10187780)

I hope this finds it way into Debian soon...

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Well... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:12AM (#10187795)

We do announce releases of windows... so...

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Re: In Soviet Russia... (Score:4, Funny)

by Black Parrot ( 19622 ) writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:27AM (#10187867)

> .. the software shoots you!!

> > Why not give it a shot?

Aaaiiieeeee! Top-posting makes its debut on Slashdot! [head explodes, intarweb collapses]

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Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:28AM (#10187878)

But my eyes both see different images of the monitor, so I still get depth perception.

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Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:5, Funny)

by julesh ( 229690 ) writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:31AM (#10187905)

Yes. You perceive how far away from you the monitor is.

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Re:first "emerge it" post (Score:5, Funny)

by SnowZero ( 92219 ) writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:38AM (#10187939)

"A man alone in the forest talking to himself and no women around to hear him. Is he still wrong?"

No, he's just waiting for Gentoo to compile X11.

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What?! (Score:3, Funny)

by doob ( 103898 ) writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:40AM (#10187954)

From the release notes:

"OpenGL is now supported for printing"

Anyone care to explain this bizarre concept? Can I now connect my graphics card directly to my printer? :)

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Re:But have they fixed... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:44AM (#10187974)

Yes.

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Re:Well... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:50AM (#10188005)

Man, I love these MS jokes. They never get old. This is why when I'm in the basement and Mom yells down "What are you always laughing for?" (cause slashdot has tons of these jokes, no matter what the subject). "Are you drunk?" I have to say "No Mom, I just watched a clip of a guy getting hit in the groin with a dolphin." That way I still look cool by laughing at non-techie things. LOL!!!

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Drop Shadows? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @08:51AM (#10188015)

I, for one, welcome our new drop shadowed overlords. That way, we can tell who the overloards actually are.

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Re:Screenshots (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @09:22AM (#10188210)

I believe they got it from Apple, or at least all the ideas and the graphics.

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Re:What?! (Score:5, Funny)

by CaptnMArk ( 9003 ) writes: on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @09:43AM (#10188346)

It requires a very fast printer to run glxgears.

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Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:5, Funny)

by escher ( 3402 ) writes: <<moc.liamg> <ta> <surlaw.dnim.eht>> on Wednesday September 08, 2004 @10:45AM (#10188922) Journal

You fools! Four is the number of the pixels and the number of the pixels shall be four! Not two! Not three, unless one then proceedeth to four! Five is right out!

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Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:1, Funny)

Gentoo! (Score:5, Funny)

"Why not give it a shot?" (Score:3, Funny)

Debian (Score:5, Funny)

Well... (Score:1, Funny)

Re: In Soviet Russia... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:first "emerge it" post (Score:5, Funny)

What?! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:But have they fixed... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Well... (Score:1, Funny)

Drop Shadows? (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Screenshots (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What?! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Why do people care so much about drop shadows? (Score:5, Funny)

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