Xserver / Cairo ...

• http://xserver.freedesktop.org/ - the future of X

  • Damage extn – what drawable changed where?
  • Composite extn – off-screen&controlled render

• Cairo – PDF 1.4 renderlike

  • vector graphics library
  • AA text, alpha etc.
  • outputs ps, pdf, png,
  • X11 (XRender)