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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> ____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Tuesday 22 July 2008 17:35 : \____
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>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS
>>> <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote
>>> on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:56 -0400
>>> <0Hbhk.5224$dP6.3040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Compiz is the Most Important Thing to Ever Happen to Linux.
>>>>>
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>>>>>> If the Linux community wants to wipe Windows and Mac out of the OS
>>>>>> business all they need to do in focus all of their collective
>>>>>> efforts on developing Compiz. With the combine intelligence of
>>>>>> hundreds of thousands of nerds we could develop the most pimped out
>>>>>> windows management system known to mankind. The kids don't want
>>>>>> stability, they want an OS w/ rims that spin.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://fffff.at/compiz-is-the-most-important-thing-to-ever-happen-to-linux
>>>>
>>>> I highly recommend you follow this advice, Linux nerds. Spend all your
>>>> time creating flaming windows and spinning cubes - show 'em what Linux is
>>>> all about.
>>>>
>>> You are confused. Eye candy is not what a computer is for
>>> (though the occasional game is enjoyable, certainly).
>>> That's why Windows is so popular; people feel they can do
>>> things with it -- including games. (When it's functioning,
>>> anyway.)
>>>
>>> And of course Windows is now the default solution in our
>>> technological society, with a huge head start. To overcome
>>> that head start will require quite a fair amount of work,
>>> though an old Aesop's Fable comes to mind; the Microsoft
>>> Rabbit(tm) had better not be asleep, dreaming of stop screens... ;-)
>>
>> Compiz improves my productivity. If the trolls don't believe it, then they
>> can also call the grapes "sour", too. Why should Linux users care what the
>> Microsoft Munchkins say?
>>
>> - --
>> ~~ Best of wishes
>>
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> Can you explain how Compiz improves your productivity?
One example (since the Munchkins make fun of the cube): if I invoke an action
in desktop 2 which affects desktop 1, then I want to take a peek at desktop 1
while still focusing on desktop 2. It's then that I can tilt the cube just
slightly to take a glimpse at desktop 1, without leaving desktop 2.
And that's just one example. By the way, Compiz is very multi-head-aware, which
is impressive. Scale gestures at screen corners is another handy feature.
Window previews remind me of what KasBar achieved over 5 years ago. I no
longer need KPager, so there's more screen space, too.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
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