What's New in the Solaris 9 12/02 Operating Environment

X11 Windowing Features

Description 

Release Date 

Xserver Virtual Screen Enhancement

The Xserver Virtual Screen enhancement provides accessibility support for the upcoming release of the Gnome 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris operating environment. This capability enables support of magnification software on systems that have just one frame buffer. 

12/02 

Xrender Extension

The new Xrender feature increases performance for applications, such as the StarOfficeTM software suite, that run on the Solaris operating environment. The Xrender feature provides a modern appearance for these applications. Xrender uses hardware processing for alpha-blending and transparency effects.

12/02