Developer Release Announcement

Hi everybody,

I am happy to announce the introduction a of Developer Release Program.

The MaXX Desktop Developer Releases will be available for registered users only. However, registration is open to the public. As long as you are willing to spend a bit more time providing your system details and applications that you are expecting to use.


This way you will be able to enjoy the MaXX Desktop experience and and in return you provide valuable feedbacks on new features and technologies before we are entering Beta phase again!

New fully Nvidia optimized features will become available starting from September this year!

Here is a short list of some of those features:
- 64bit support
- Software Development Kits for building High Performance MaXX Desktop aware applications
- OpenGL Composition and FX Engine for GUI (this is the big one)
- Transparency support for main window and panel with XRender, XComposite and ARGB-GLX Visual
- Workspace Manager - applications icons, multi-workspace and application selector (Exposé inspired)
- MaXX Monitoring Framework - centralized system resources management and graphical instruments: gr_osview, gr_affinity and gmemusage
- file-manager (vector based icons, scaling, traveling and monster-io-workload)

cheers,

Eric Masson
5dwm.org

Dear Mr. AMD/ATi you did it again and it is for the last time!

After several sleepless nights, I finally gave up all hopes on ATi Linux driver and decided that the MaXX Interactive Desktop will be a fully optimized Nvidia based technology monster. I am willing to add 3DLabs supports, but I don't have an 3DLabs card... Anyone has an extra one and wants to be famous!

Sorry for all ATi users, but I don't have the time nor the energy to do it !

That decision in itself means many changes for the road map and also simplifies lots of code. It also mean that the Desktop experience, performance will be pushed to the MAX since we know exactly what we are dealing with. Plus, the fact that I know the Nvidia architecture inside-out.

I am also thinking that it might be the right time to look at adding GPU computation with Nvidia's CUDA technology right into the MaXX Interactive Software Development Kits...

ok, I feel much better now that this ugly mess is out of my chess... and again, sorry ATi users, no sexy and fast OpenGL based GUI with shadows...

I would like to hear your comments (good and bad, but no flaming war here)

Cheers,

Eric Masson