Fri, 03 Nov 2006
... but, at least I took the time to try out XGL/Compiz as many others have done before me. The Ubuntu CompositeManager/XGL manual worked flawlessly, to be honest; it was a breeze to get things working the way I wanted.
I'm not going to post a screenshot of my own stuff here, since I can't be bothered to clean up the desktop enough and set up a spiffy drool-worthy collage of transparent windows, full-speed movies and real-time window/icon previews, etc etc.. Ontop of that, the whole thing really doesnt look as cool in a screenshot anyhow; it's full of motion and effects that only video can do justice to..
Soo.. here's a link to a YouTube Search for a list of XGL-related videos. this one in particular is kinda nice as it's a dual-screen setup.. THIS one is also very nice; it shows how touchscreen+xgl really makes for a nice combo.
The effects may look like they'd suck massive amounts of CPU-power , but really it runs nice and smooth and takes less than 10% CPU-time for even the most intense effects, so far.
So, if you're running Ubuntu Dapper Drake (aka: 6.06 LTS), go ahead and try out the above-mentioned HOWTO to get it running. It's easy enough to set up GDM so that you can select an XGL-enabled session without risking losing the way back to 'normal X'.
Power to the candy!