On Saturday 06 June 2009 20:06:19 RedShift wrote:
Ron Blizzard wrote:
Since my computers use built-in Intel graphics chips (which work great with CentOS 5.3), I've been worrying about Ubuntu's (and other "cutting edge" distributions) problems with these. It appears to be an Xorg problem. What I don't understand is why Xorg would release something that only half worked with a large segment of the computers out there. I'm also wondering how Red Hat / CentOS will handle such a problem -- or have they already addressed it?
Probably shouldn't worry about a "possible" problem, but I do anyhow.
I had the same question in the back of my mind. There are some great evolutions going on right now, but they take a lot of time to mature. I've also been wondering about desktop environments, since fedora 10/11 use KDE 4, which, even 4.2, I find very low in quality compared to 3.5, how will Red Hat provide a decent desktop? (Don't remind me of Gnome, I've used it for years and I still don't like it).
If you want to understand what's happening, read http://keithp.com/blogs/Sharpening_the_Intel_Driver_Focus/
Anne