Hands on: 3D eye candy for Linux
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| Compiz provides many effects unavailable on any other operating system
| and, in some cases, exceeds those provided by Apple's OSX.
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| It doesn't require any applications to be aware of the new server; only
| the window manager needs to know about the changes, and so works with
| even the oldest programs.
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http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2156482/3d-eye-candy-linux
A pet peeve perhaps: the article says "...OpenGL (Open Graphics Library), the
cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's DirectX" whereas it should state
"...Microsoft's DirectX, the lockin alternative which is set to extinguish
the cross-platform OpenGL (Open Graphics Library)". One needs be
/chronologically/ correct.
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