Haiku OS Begins Prepping For Ryzen, Subpixel Rendering

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Haiku OS Begins Prepping For Ryzen, Subpixel Rendering

The open-source Haiku OS inspired by BeOS has made much progress this month on several fronts...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=HaikuOS-February-2017

[zdzichu]

Subpixel rendering? Just as HiDPI screen made that obsolete…

[jacob]

Nice to see that Haiku is alive and well. I wonder whether there could be a good market for it as a cloud desktop, e.g. something like ChromeOS?

[plonoma]

No link to the Microsoft subpixel patents?
Not even their names or patent number?
Not a very complete article.

[edwaleni]

No link to the Microsoft subpixel patents?
Not even their names or patent number?
Not a very complete article.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070279418A1

It calls on prior art by Matshusita/Panasonic.

[Zan Lynx]

Yeah, both subpixel rendering and font hinting are obsolete now that we have high density displays. We don't need anti-aliasing much either.

[polarathene]

Yeah, both subpixel rendering and font hinting are obsolete now that we have high density displays. We don't need anti-aliasing much either.

Unless you're still using 1080p or less displays :P I've upgraded my machine a few times or completely replaced it but haven't had the budget for new monitors in all these years ha. Got one 1920x1080 and another 1680x1050 using DVI(one has a DVI-to-DP adapter).One is from 2010 or so I think.

[ldo17]

We don't need anti-aliasing much either.

Until we can build displays which implement the sinc pixel reconstruction function in hardware, we will always need anti-aliasing.

[Vistaus]

Yeah, both subpixel rendering and font hinting are obsolete now that we have high density displays.

And exactly how many people are using hi-dpi displays? Exactly.

I mean: I'm using a 1920x1080 display (laptop) and this is a 2016 model. So it's modern system with no hi-dpi screen. Same goes for my dad. And my mum uses 1366x768. In fact, a lot of people still use 1920x1080 or lower. Either because they're using an older PC/laptop or because they've bought low-end model (a lot of low-end models, even in 2017, are still using <1920x1080 or at most 1920x1080 displays and they will be around for years to come, either the displays or at least the current sold computers will see long-time use).

[indepe]

And exactly how many people are using hi-dpi displays? Exactly.

I mean: I'm using a 1920x1080 display (laptop) and this is a 2016 model. So it's modern system with no hi-dpi screen. Same goes for my dad. And my mum uses 1366x768. In fact, a lot of people still use 1920x1080 or lower. Either because they're using an older PC/laptop or because they've bought low-end model (a lot of low-end models, even in 2017, are still using <1920x1080 or at most 1920x1080 displays and they will be around for years to come, either the displays or at least the current sold computers will see long-time use).

If you go to Best Buy you see more 1920*1080 than anything else.