Steamos Desktop

[DIRT]

Have a window manager that can do sync to vblank? The current x11 desktops can't really do this without some kind of opengl compositing going on.

[Dusk of Oolacile]

In an ideal world you're never supposed to see the desktop in SteamOS, so what is the point?

[DIRT]

Originally posted by LOLCAT:

In an ideal world you're never supposed to see the desktop in SteamOS, so what is the point?

it still uses X11 to render doesn't it?

[Dusk of Oolacile]

Surely it does, neither wayland nor mir has amd or nvidia support, so that's the one and only choice.

[DIRT]

So it would have an x11 desktop that has issues with syncing itself with the tv or monitor right?

[Dusk of Oolacile]

It does have a gnome 3 desktop, yes. However, SteamOS is a console Os. You're never supposed to leave steam big picture mode. If you need a computer, use a computer instead, with an OS designed for everyday work of course.

[DIRT]

Originally posted by LOLCAT:

It does have a gnome 3 desktop, yes. However, SteamOS is a console Os. You're never supposed to leave steam big picture mode. If you need a computer, use a computer instead, with an OS designed for everyday work of course.

Yeah it is a console, displaying graphics though x11. It doesn't matter if it is a desktop or not it is still using x11.
X11 has syncing issues. Therefore a good feature to have would be, properly synced vsync. Currently the only way to do that is to have a window manager that has some kind of opengl compositor or some strange driver hacks.