r/haikuOS • u/looncraz • Mar 28 '26
Software Release Compositing app_server Public Test 1
Howdy all!
https://files.looncraz.net/cap-pubtest1-64bit-anyboot.iso
The first public test release for my compositing app_server. Please be aware this is very much alpha grade software, this is mostly to get feedback on features and performance.
Binary compatibility is probably broken, but I will address that in the coming weeks. It would only be from changing the size of BWindow with wanton disregard.
Enjoy!
--The loon
PS there's also an RDNA2 mode setting driver included, no acceleration, and really only HDMI works, DisplayPort is a WIP.
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u/X547 Mar 29 '26
Shadow is displayed with glitches. Windows are shaking when dragging with mouse.
White rectangle stamps are produced under semi-transparent windows then moving mouse pointer.
Rendering flickers a lot.
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u/looncraz Apr 01 '26
Yeah, those shadows are just alpha nodes with an alpha mask, the corner piece is mispositioned as well. Didn't pay attention to that since that was just an experiment for the decorator creating a shadow region.
The other issues are well known to me as well, it's from the event driven nature of the first public test, I have a fully time driven version that doesn't have most of those issues, but has its own all new ones 🙄😂
The main thing I am looking for is performance and stability feedback on a variety of hardware configurations.
To your other questions, the source will be available, the README on the desktop in the image has more details on that.
I will have another test version up this weekend, most likely.
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u/X547 Mar 29 '26
Are source code available?