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Sun Releases 3D Desktop Source Code

Filed in: Linux — June 29th, 2004

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Looking Glass Screenshot

Sun will kick off its annual JavaOne developer event by releasing its Looking Glass window manager under the GPL. It’s basically a crude compositor for X11, but it gives the ancient windowing system a fresh lick of paint, and makes for a stunning demo. Sun hasn’t often been able to show off eye-candy, so it’s great publicity.

[ Read more @ theRegister.co.uk ]

Looking Glass is 3D windows manager developed by Sun Microsystems using Java technology.

Thought:
Perhaps we can enjoy 3D desktop on Linux first before Longhorn released. :) (Longhorn supports 3D desktop)

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