On Saturday 11 March 2006 18:00, Venkat Krishnaswamy wrote:
> > But to really use it day-in, day-out *right now*, xgl/compiz is utterly
> > un-usable. I got fed up with it very quickly.
>
> i tried the Xgl live cd (http://getkororaa.com/) on my machine, athlon
> xp 1.53 GHz, 1 GB ram with an integrated geforce2 mx adapter (32 mb
> shared ram). it uses gnome and is very well integrated. everything
> worked very smooth and flawless, without any apparent display
> glitches. remember it's a "livecd".
As I told you: I used it with KDE. I used it with my main system, not
with a Live CD. I used it with a more or less supported Intel chip that
can do hardware acceleration (i915)...
When I said "un-usable", I didn't mean to say it is "slow", "unstable",
"ugly", "buggy", "crap" or anything like that. I didn't want to deprecate
the work on xgl and compiz. In fact, it both are great thing to have, and
both are excellent assets for the Linux desktop's future.
But it is "un-usable" for me in the sense that their currently implemented
features ("rotating cube",...) do not help me get work done faster, or
more efficient. (It makes my eyes and mind get tired faster :) And as I
said, it is great for demo-ware right now (but of course, HW acceleration
in general is a good thing for lots of purposes.)
Let me repeat: the challenge is to invent, think-out, develop, create,
implement *new* useful effects that help users (especially newbie users)
to get an easier access to his computer's/desktop's features; that help
her to be more productive; that makes computer usage more fun, and more
pleasure to use overall (yes, the fun factor is already there with the
rotating cube and some other effects, but it didn't last for more than 1
day for me...); that helps his workflow; that lends itself to an app's
"discoverability"; that gives new and easier ways to design innovative
user interface elements...
> my only gripe was that kororaa's current version only has totem-player
> for playing video and IT SUCKS. other than that I was quite impressed
> by all the BLING! i was as usable as my regular install.
The BLING! effects are nice. They are fun to use. They are a joy to demo
to the innocent Windows users around you. (I hope you do not get tired
of them as quickly as I did when using them for *work*.)
I hope this time I made myself better understood.
Cheers,
Kurt
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