VOOZH about

URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OTg5OQ

⇱ Photos From XDC2011 Chicago (Day 1) - Phoronix


👁 Phoronix

Photos From XDC2011 Chicago (Day 1)

Written by Michael Larabel in X.Org on 12 September 2011 at 05:00 PM EDT. 3 Comments
Here's some photographs from the first day of XDC2011, the annual X.Org Developers' Conference, which this year is taking place in Chicago, United States. XDC2011 is running through Wednesday and is being hosted at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

👁 Image


Jerome Glisse, John Bridgman, and others getting ready for the Chicago technology conference.

👁 Image


Jamey Sharp was talking about the future code-base of X.Org. This involves the possibility of merging the DDX (Device Dependent X) and DIX (Device Independent X) code, output hot-plugging, RandR GPU objects, and other work.

👁 Image


Matthias Hopf talked about recruiting new developers to X.Org and Mesa. He talked about Mesa being way behind in OpenGL support, the lacking of X documentation, the X.Org Board of Directors could use better marketing, existing developers are mostly employed long-term contributors, development on X/Mesa can be intimidating, and that X.Org could use better advertising.

👁 Image


Some of the attendees. Yep, lederhosens and toe shoes too.

👁 Image


Lunch with (from left to right) Jerome Glisse, Egbert Eich, myself, and Luc Verhaegen. Matthias Hopf took the photograph.

Tomorrow at the X.Org Developers' Conference is the Q&A new contributors panel and a number of graphics related talks.

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.