May 10th, 2008, 04:22 AM
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| Cool demo of Linux XGL desktop makes Vista look like crap...
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May 10th, 2008, 06:34 AM
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Nothing new...
Actually, I have used Tab Effect for Firefox.
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May 19th, 2008, 02:07 AM
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This must use ALOT OF RESOURCES i would think!! (The linux thing)
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May 19th, 2008, 12:13 PM
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The whole thing looks like Compiz-Fusion running on KDE4, so some effects are from KDE4, some from Compiz.
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May 19th, 2008, 12:30 PM
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XGL is a X Server capable of providing OpenGL hardware acceleration (if available) for X, OpenGL 3D, multimedia video, and intermediate desktop compositing engines like Compiz. Quote:
Originally Posted by Keymaker  Nothing new...
Actually, I have used Tab Effect for Firefox. | You just compared a little software interface hack to a complex 3D desktop compositing window management system.  Compositing window manager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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May 20th, 2008, 03:45 PM
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It looked the same... 
I have used that type of GUI before in live CDs. | |
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