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In the flurry of polarized discussions that have emerged since yesterday’s Ubuntu Mir announcement, some have speculated that Valve’s interactions with Ubuntu may have had a hand in them developing their own display server. This is most likely not the case and the first-generation Linux-based Steam Box from Valve will almost surely be running an X.Org Server… Read More »

Clutter, a GObject-based library for creating fast, visually rich, graphical user interfaces, which works by manipulating a scene-graph of 2D surfaces, or “actors,” inside a 3D space, is now at version 1.13.8. Highlights of Clutter 1.13.8: • Use ClutterActor:child-transform with ClutterScrollActor. The ScrollActor class now uses the :child-transform property to translate its children when scrolling; • Progress-based marker API has ... Read More »

Mutter, a window and compositing manager that displays and manages your desktop via OpenGL, has reached version 3.7.91. Owen Taylor has announced that Mutter 3.7.91 was released, repairing a few problems and updating a couple of features. Highlights of Mutter 3.7.91: • The windows are no longer treated as remote, after hostname changes; • meta_window_get_all_monitors() method has been added; • ... Read More »

GTK+, a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces that provide a complete set of widgets, suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites, is now at version 2.24.17. According to the developers, GTK+ 2.24.17 incorporates new features, quite a few updates, and numerous bugfixes. Highlights of GTK+ 2.24.17: • Make GtkItemFactory produce GtkSeparatorMenuItems; • GtkFileChooserButton ... Read More »

If you are now to look at Ubuntu’s Mir specification page for their new display server, you will see that their open criticism of Wayland/Weston has disappeared… Read More »