To simplify, obviously. The more elements you add to a system, the slower and more unstable it gets. It would be awesome if Metacity could handle all the stuff we have Compiz do now, though it should obviously scan the computer's hardware on first boot to see what level of effects it can handle.
Sincerely Yours Nicholas Ipsen On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why would we need opengl backend for metacity? we have compiz for that, > while people who doesnt have a hardware to enable compiz, still can have > nice shadows, and basic things. this is a good "workaround" for them. > > On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 13:57 +0200, Andrea Cimitan wrote: > > > > > > 2008/9/27 Danny Piccirillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Are crazy compiz-like effects being worked on or will they > > be? > > > > Please do not top-post. > > > > Anyway, the current compositing inside metacity is using Xrender, > > which is compatible with almost any hardware and supports software > > rendering (so it permits shadows on any hardware), though is not > > comparable with openGL for rich effects. With the Xrender > > implementation compiz-like effects will NOT be implemented. > > Even though Iain (the guy who added compositing inside metacity), did > > a very good modular job, meaning that in the future someone could > > write a new backend using openGL and not Xrender, allowing compiz-like > > effects. > > For example, some guys at ohand, already wrote an experimental backend > > using clutter, metacity-clutter. > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Cory K. > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Danny Piccirillo wrote: > > > Sorry if this is slightly off topic but I read a > > while ago that > > > Metacity was adding composite features like > > transparency, etc. When > > > will this be available? Does this mean that at some > > point we may be > > > able to get all the features of compiz with metacity > > and be able to > > > ditch compiz fusion? This would open up a lot more > > possibilities for > > > themes, wouldn't it? > > > > Please do not top-post. > > > > Its actually available in Hardy but doesn't have crazy > > Compiz effects. > > > > In gconf: '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' > > Click the box. > > > > -Cory K. > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrea Cimitan - http://www.cimitan.com > > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >
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