> Did you read the followup post to that? It looks like the difference > is not as big as it seems, and it has many drawbacks. > > http://zrusin.blogspot.com/2009/08/more-2d-in-kde.html > Yes, I read that and the raster solution has big problems. Actually I would not consider that the way forwards. My biggest need is performance over LTSP via the X protocols. Zack's thoughts about OpenGL acceleration could well be the solution, as that works over X. Hope some solutions will be found. Anyway, I'm getting off topic here. Sorry. Kevin -- Kevin Colyer YWAM National Director (interim) YWAM Brussels Team leader/Responsable de JEM Bruxelles Avenue Des Celtes, 19 1040 Bruxelles Belgium Tel: +32 (0) 2 736 33 63 Fax: +32 (0) 2 738 02 40 GSM: +32 (0) 484 683 003 GSM: +44 (0) 7967 105 273 (only outside Belgium) http://www.ywambrussels.be skype: kevincolyerwork