[clue-tech] nifty linux desktop graphics tricks

[Nate Duehr]

Jed S. Baer wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:12:00 -0700
> Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
>> I'm not normally much of a fan of graphical environments, but this stuff
>> really does look like it's a few leaps and bounds ahead of where the 
>> Linux desktop has been for a while...
> 
> Yeah, translucent windows that stretch and rebound as if they were made of
> gelatin will really convince people to switch to Linux. Joe Barr says,
> "After playing with Xgl, I feel comfortable predicting that this is the
> year the Linux desktop arrives:". The Linux desktop, when it comes to
> things such as window management and behavior, has completely usable for
> quite a while. Adding yet another animation effect isn't going to cause
> people to abandon Windoze in droves, much less the Mac.

Yeah, I was thinking the performance increases he alludes to were a 
"good thing"... the eye-candy just a side-effect.

Nate
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