[compiz] update on xdevconf07 and beryl situation
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| I had the chance to talk to Quinn Storm from the beryl project during
| xdevconf. I would have hoped that the current situation with beryl could
| be improved but it seems like Quinn at least isn't interested in that.
| However, after talking to Quinn it's very clear to me that the fork was
| partially motivated by assumptions that were wrong.
|
| One assumption is that compiz is some kind of Novell controlled project
| that Novell will move in whatever direction it wants. This is completely
| wrong. I started the project and no one at Novell has ever told me in
| which direction it should go.
|
| [...]
|
| Beryl includes temporary solutions and workarounds that paper over
| issues in the overall infrastructure. I've been very unwilling to
| include such things in compiz as I believe that it hurts the open source
| desktop as it hides the real issues and I don't want to do that for my
| own projects benefit. Helping other projects by fixing issues where they
| should be fixed is how we make the open source desktop unbeatable.
| Temporary solutions can be maintained outside the official tree or in
| branches for those who need them.
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-February/001413.html
Related:
Compiz 0.3.6 released
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| KDE users can now use kde-window-decorator instead of gtk-window-decorator
| to have KDE window decorations
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http://forum.go-compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=331
Beryl 0.2.0 RC1 Released
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| Major Changes from 0.1.5:
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| * Window Thumbnail Plugin
| * Group With Tabs Plugin
| * Ring Switcher
| * Better Placement Algorithms
| * Better Multihead Support
| * Snapping Windows without Wobbly
| * Show Desktop has been replaced with Fade Desktop
| * Easier to use Configuration Frontend
| * 3D Animation Effects
| * Support Jpeg Image Format
| * Focus Stealing Prevention Work
| * Better Memory Usage
| * many many smaller things...
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http://www.beryl-project.org/news.php
Video demos:
Another Beryl 0.1.3 Video
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| Magic Fire, Transparency, Wobbly Windows, 3D Cube, Transparent Cube,
| Skydome, 3D Windows and stuff like it...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD6BiKnLzck&NR
Cool New Beryl Feature: Ring Window Switcher
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| The latest svn release of Beryl sports a cool new ring window switcher.
| You can find it under Beryl Settings Manager -> Window Managemn ->
| Ring Window Switcher.
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http://justanothertechblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/cool-new-beryl-feature-ring-window.html
Beryl's new 3D animations!
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| "How cool are they?"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEDtRV1fHoU
Cool new Beryl Feature: Window Thumbnails
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| When you hover over an application in the taskbar, it will show
| you a LIVE preview of that window. You can set delay, and the size
| of the thumbnail in the Beryl settings manager: Beryl Settings
| Manager -> Extras -> Window thumbnails.
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http://justanothertechblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/cool-new-beryl-feature-window.html
Older:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUSn-jBA3CE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lawkc3jH3ws
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6345836888710765277
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