Torsten Paul Eichst?dt wrote: > Stefan Teleman wrote: >> The problem is that very few SPARC graphics cards support XComposite. >> So, for the vast majority of KDE4 on SPARC, KWin4 will just default to >> "no XComposite/XRENDER/XDAMAGE/XRANDR available". > > That's not a problem because the SPARC systems that matter dont have > _any_ graphics card, because they're server machines. They may have a > graphics accelerator. How many Ray clients (better: user sessions) can > you serve with even a 10 year old SPARC server? 100? 1,000? 10,000? (big > machine,1/2 TB RAM)? More or less it depends on RAM. How many SPARC > servers are in use, and hence are potential targets to provide KDE to > users? 100,000? 1,000,000? What are those freaks doing who make > start-ups providing virtual PC anywhere, as long you have internet? > 1,000*1 Mio = 1 Billion potential users. How many SPARC workstations are > in use? 25,000?
whoa there ... I don't know any numbers, but I'm convinced they're a bit higher than you think. I have a U45 under my desk, and I intend to use KDE4 on that just as soon as is feasible, and not in "b/w mode" (my words) only. Michael -- Michael Schuster Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion'
