__/ [ casioculture@xxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 06 February 2007 17:25 \__
> Last time I tried compiz/xgl - a few months ago, summer? - I wasn't
> impressed. Sure, eye candy, but it was tedious to install and when so
> run at last it was far too slow for me. I need instantaneous
> responses. Well, now it seems things are better. I'm quite impressed
> with beryl. I'm using it on KDE now, installed easily (automatic
> installer, I had a problem because it did something they advised
> against but anyhow, fixing it was a single command (nvidia-xconfig))
> and now I'm getting all the usability improvements such as the
> thumbnails preview in alt-tab, that cube desktop switcher, window
> management and so on, without a noticeable drop in responsiveness.
>
> It's a keeper I think.
For what it's worth, you can get many of the useful feature without the
clutter using, e.g. KasBar and KPager. Beryl is an excellent way of
showcasing the power and speed of collaboration (open source), even the
efficiency of the code. Alas, just like 'flip mode' it's rarely obvious how
it helps productivity. Probably a good 'recruitment tool' in shared offices.
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