On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 12:46 -0500, Jason D. Clinton wrote: > There is nothing good about compiz other than as a spectacle and > general proof of concept.
Eh, for now compiz is working and is the reference WM for linux (and more). gnome-shell would be the proof of concept :) > It has myriad application compatibility > issues and configuring it is a usability nightmare. It tried to be > desktop agnostic, so now it has four configuation backends and three > window decorators--all of which are half-baked. The community around > it very nearly died about a month ago. True, but all of this would be implementation details, sort-of. > I would encourage you to try gnome-shell before you lament compiz. > You'll see that already it is quite functional and there's lots of > bling for those who care about such things. And since it's based on > Metacity, all the app. compatibility bugs in compiz are gone. The problem isn't just with me - who cares ? After a few linux installs I can reasonably say compiz is addictive for newcomers, and these people don't care about configuration or backends or community behind the product (yet). But I don't want to sound negative or start a flamewar at all. I'll try gnome-shell if it's not too time-consuming, instead of babbling. Thanks, Xav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list