[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for
this link. ]
“The new “visually rich user experience” was introduced
today with the Moblin v2.0 beta release and is written using
Clutter. For those unfamiliar with the Clutter Toolkit it provides
a way for rendering to OpenGL / OpenGL ES (Embedded Systems), but
by exposing a simple and fast API for development. Intel backs
Clutter but Moblin will be one of the first major projects relying
upon this toolkit that has yet to reach a 1.0 status. With Clutter
depending upon OpenGL / OpenGL ES, Moblin v2.0 Beta is shipping
with the latest DRI2 and kernel mode-setting code for those
netbooks and nettops using Intel integrated graphics.“This new Moblin-specific user interface replaces the standard
Xfce desktop they were using previously. From the Moblin “home
screen” panel, which is called m_zone, the user can access a
synchronized calendar, appointments, recently used files, and other
features. The m_zone is divided into three areas: recent
activities, recent files and web-sites, and social network
updates.”
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