Videos tagged with X11

Google Tech Talks February, 7 2008 ABSTRACT A few years ago, development of the X Window System was revitalized by a change in management and the rise of a new generation of machines and operating systems. This talk is a tour of X, with emphasis on the things that are new and the things that are to come: advances in 2D rendering, use of 3D hardware, high-quality typography, revamped input suppo...

In the race to gain desktop acceptance (and mimick as much as possible from the "big" desktops out there - Windows, MacOS-X, etc.), The main desktop players (GNOME and KDE) have also gained weight. A lot of it. Speed of the software has slowed down at the rate hardware has sped up, or even faster. In many cases they no longer fit in the pants people used to wear, and the pants people in develop...

Three extensions currently deal with screen geometry in the X world -- Xinerama, XFree86VidModeExtension and RandR. Even still, this combination doesn't support monitor hot-plug or multi-head dynamic screen configuration. This talk will present changes to the RandR extension which provides support for monitor hot-plug and dynamic multi-monitor reconfiguration. The design of the extension change...