Re: [Fresco-devel] IRC MEETING Jan. 19th, 23:00GMT - Summary

Ben Bucksch <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:26:29 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.fresco.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Nathaniel Smith wrote:

>Wouldn't it be a lot easier, even in the X case, to multiplex that at
>the framebuffer level? ...
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>graphics acceleration isn't going to buy you that much when all the apps are remote to start with.
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SGI is sponsoring it. I guess they do want to take advantage of several 
rendering machines and target big visualization systems with huge 
screens etc..

And framebuffer just spoils Fresco's advantage of fast reaction.

I just posted it to show that some folks do want that. I'm not proposing 
to make that a goal, but maybe not impossible either, if it doesn't 
stand in the way.