John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:03:15 +0000, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Compiz-Fusion Community News for February 9, 2008: KDE 4 is in.
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| The changes have taken place due to our community and our very own onestone
>>>| who has added a slew of KDE 4 composite features to Compiz. Some highlights
>>>| this week are:
>>>|
>>>| * KDE 4 Window decorator plasma integration
>>>| * Show Mouse, and Area-Based maginification through the mag plugin
>>>| * Wiimote integration
>>>| * True blending of wallpapers and cubecaps
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/compiz-fusion-community-news-for-february-9-2008-kde-4-is-in/
>>>
>>
>>Compiz has me hooked. Of course, I still use the CLI, but in an xterm
>>or gterm or kterm or whatever they are, but rather than pressing alt-f1
>>etc., I press the mouse middle button and wiz the cube around, or I use
>>the arrow keys for same.
>
> I like it too. My wife's PC is setup with her picture on the top cube
> cap, a picture of a galaxy on the bottom cap. The cube is
> semi-transparent showing moving gears. The cube background is a
> picture of some gas clouds in the milky way and cube shadowing is
> turned on.
>
> I'm using a a 128 meg Nvidia Geforce FX card and an AMD 1.2 GHz
> processor. Works great.
>
I've got it up on several machines now. Once the kids saw it, they
*all* wanted it, so it's on them. They vary in processing power, but
none are high-end machines.
I'm about to add some piccies to the top and bottom of the cube, because
I can!
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