OpenSolaris and Open Source Graphics

By David Stewart (Intel) (138 posts) on December 3, 2008 at 12:59 pm

This is the latest installment of my series of 5-minute videos on OpenSolaris topics. Intel actually contributes a lot in the graphics area for both OpenSolaris as well as other operating systems. We have some of the amazing luminaries of the X community working with us, and some really smart people. In 5 minutes, I try to outline the graphics area and also show off a little hardware: we have a cool new feature of the Intel Centrino 2 processor laptop.

Video embedded below:

Original video source here

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Comments (6)

December 3, 2008 1:24 PM PST


Michal Pryc		 David,
Really nice blog entry. Looking forward to use my OpenSolaris as home multimedia box with zfs backup :)
December 3, 2008 1:52 PM PST


Ashok Raj		 Nice job dave.. i actually tried compiz on snv-103 and my son thought i was showing him some windows crap, woudnt believe its solaris.

Solaris has gone a long way in a very short time esp with laptop/wireless/graphics which is a great development environment.!
December 3, 2008 11:52 PM PST


UX-admin		 intel is going from the most hated underdog in the industry to the darling of the UNIX community... truly worthy of every praise and respect.

If intel keeps this up, the firm is likely to position herself as the next big UNIX player, and possibly start to dominate the market, or at the very least, lead the way and be an example for others.

Please keep up the excellent work.
January 27, 2009 3:14 PM PST


Greg Palmer		 Very nice to have them onboard and helping out. As the manager comments, they are the dominant player in integrated chips for the lower end machines. Having them helping out OpenSolaris should be a BIG shot in the arm for letting OpenSolaris run across the gamut of machines out there.
April 15, 2009 8:09 AM PDT


ubuntuandopensolarisuser		 I wish Intel made low-profile add-in boards with their X4500 chip and a plethora of outputs (DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort) for a reasonable price. This would reduce the headaches of using ATI or NVIDIA AIBs and having to deal with subpar drivers and binary blobs just for the display output. Certainly, it wouldn't compete on performance, but for applications where you just want a monitor output and some light use (maybe some fancy looking desktop effects, a little 720p or 1080p viewing) it works just fine.

I guess we'll have to wait for Larrabee, although that will be pricey. Have yet to hear anything about *nix support for Larrabee. Will Intel follow in the green and red footsteps and ignore high-end AIB drivers on *nix?
August 16, 2009 5:36 PM PDT


CairOS		 说得好！

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