Sax2 on OpenLab

Wow, it's been a very long time since I posted an OpenLab article, but with the beta release so close, I felt itprudent to give an update on a major piece that's finally in place.I have spent quite a bit of time working on this and I must thank developer Marcus Schaefer because without his expert advice it would not have happened, but the 4.1 beta will include one new X configuration mechanism – the famous sax2 (http://sax.berlios.de) toolkit from Suze. Since OpenLab integrates sax2 into our existing structure, this means that we can now detect even more hardware setups with ease by combining the strengths of various approaches. I have never found an X setup tool that didn't fail on at least one of my test machines (and sax2 is no exception sadly) – but by using them in conjunction – we can seriously up our abilities.However where sax2 gets even cooler is that it allows instant GUI-ised configuration of things like touchscreens, hence it is now integrated into OLAD to allow openlab (http://www.getopenlab.com) users access to those advanced setups.There are a few other goodies in there as well, which I hope will get us really good feedback so that we can make the final release rock like never before.