Luc Verhaegen is a bedroom hacker whose focus is almost solely on modesetting, he started [[http://unichrome.sf.net/|http://unichrome.sf.net/]] and spends most of his time bashing VIA. 


## X and modesetting, atrophy illustrated

X had a rich and diverse modesetting history, but with the advent of 3D acceleration and DRI, modesetting suddenly received a lot less attention. Some examples of the resulting cruft are shown and some shortcomings examined. Current developments are explained and possible future directions are explored. 

Paper: [[X_and_Modesetting_-_Atrophy_illustrated_(paper).pdf|http://people.freedesktop.org/~libv/X_and_Modesetting_-_Atrophy_illustrated_(paper).pdf]] 

Slides: [[X_and_Modesetting_-_Atrophy_illustrated_(slides).pdf|http://people.freedesktop.org/~libv/X_and_Modesetting_-_Atrophy_illustrated_(slides).pdf]]