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Keith Packard
Principal Engineer, Intel

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Keith Packard has been developing open source software since 1986, focusing on the X Window System since 1987, designing and implementing large parts of the current implementation. He is currently a Pricipal Engineer with Intel’s Open Source Technology Center. Keith received a Usenix Lifetime Achievement award in 1999 and sits on the X.org foundation board.

Sessions

10:45am Wednesday, 07/23/2008

Rebuilding Linux for the Desktop

Linux
Location: D136

Keith Packard (Intel)

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Over the last several years, architectural changes within the Linux environment have promised new features and functionality for the desktop user, including transparent applications and multiuser displays. These have become demonstrable in limited environments for some time and work continues to bring them into wider use. This presentation will present the status and plans of these projects. Read more.