__/ [ yttrx ] on Monday 21 August 2006 16:25 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Aquila Deus <aquila.deus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> yttrx wrote:
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Aquila Deus <aquila.deus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > Hey all!
>>> >
>>> > After hours of hard work, my mac-style menubars for gtk has been
>>> > completed!
>>> >
>>> > Screenshots and links to patch =>
>>> > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=24289 :)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Cheers everyone!!
Just spotted the following:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Mac_Style_Menu_Bar_for_Linux_Applications
I don't know if you are familiar with 'codemac'.
>>> Man, you can really tell when someone gets XGL working.
I noticed the following earlier on today:
http://www.aqd.ath.cx/screenshots/GT4.png
But the screenshots in the OP/forum only show Composite in action.
>> It works perfectly for all recent nvidia cards (the officially
>> supported ones ;)
I sure hope so. XGL makes want to buy an NVIDIA card for my home machine.
> Yeah, what im saying is you went a wee bit transparency happy...:)
>
> I run it as well (I started because xorg is such a craptacular hog and
> xgl is faster in nearly every way), along with compiz and all the rest.
Transparencies and shadows slowed down my work, so I never had them enabled
for more than a couple of days. A nice idea, from which there is little to
gain.
> Its pretty cool, once you get used to the whole IM GONNA MAKE EVERYTHING
> TRANSPARENT thing and really get into its workings, its amazing how
> productivity skyrockets.
If you flip productivity upside-down. *giggle*
> I've become noticably faster with gui-manipulation under xgl/compiz
> than I ever was under anything else--except the command line.
The command-line is usually the quickest. To /use/, not to learn (let alone
master).
Best wishes,
Roy
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