In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ben
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on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:50:43 +0100
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, DFS
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>>> wrote
>>> on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:56 -0400
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>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> 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?
>>
>> - --
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> Can you explain how Compiz improves your productivity?
I could see a case for the Compiz cube making one's
windows more visible on the nonactive sides of the cube,
as opposed to the standard Gnome solution (which shows a
little rectangle in a segmented area in one's panel; it
doesn't say much as to how the window will actually look)
or what Vista apparently does, which is to draw a small
version of the visible window. I don't know what KDE does
offhand.
I can't say it looks like a strong case, though it also
depends on what one is used to. If I'm perceived to
dislike Compiz or frown on Apple's colored & candied
jewel-like bits, I absolutely hate "click to focus";
fortunately Linux can disable that option. I have no idea
whether Windows can or not offhand, without a third-party
solution (which are plentiful enough).
And Windows XP by default does not have multiple
workspaces, though again third-party solutions exist -- and
Vista did get around to implementing them, with different
backgrounds yet, if I'm not mistaken. However, I've had
multiple workspaces for awhile anyway, even if they all
have the same background (which currently isn't visible
except for a thin sliver anyway, so what's the point?).
I also consider the "shuffle"/"flipthrough" little more
than a bit of a gimmick, though it does appear to be
somewhat helpful in finding one's open windows.
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