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Compiz-Beryl merger:compiz-fusion-arrives

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praka123
praka123 Original post #1
Jun 21, 2007 at 1:12 AM
Compiz-Fusion arrives

A new merged community around Compiz project would be known as Compiz-Fusion, details of the announcement here on Compiz Mailing List.
It is not just a new name, quitely behind the scenes developers have been working hard and have come up with some stunning enhancements.
*farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/575818675_16f8b37af0_m.jpg
Zoom plugin has been almost rewritten by David Reveman with cool new features like select and zoom and panning, Cube has got reflection thanks to great work by Onestone, there is now expo mode that can be used along with Cube.
*farm2.static.flickr.com/1195/575820351_81a96ecf67_m_d.jpg
Size information upon resizing any window, paint fire on your desktop and other countless useful and no so useful features have been added to plugins. We also got new animation effect “Dodge”, one of my favourite.
*farm2.static.flickr.com/1402/575672286_834a4c3d0c_m.jpg
Compiz also now has two settings tool, users can easily tweak compiz settings to their liking.
*farm2.static.flickr.com/1421/575830401_e963a0e6a3_m.jpg
Here is hot new name:
*farm2.static.flickr.com/1338/575679264_db7c5365d0_m.jpg
*dev.beryl-project.org/~cyberorg/beryl/36/compiz-fusion-arrives/
earlier announcement from beryl: *blog.beryl-project.org/?p=33
OpenCompositing Forum:
*forums.opencompositing.org/
phreak0ut
Jun 21, 2007 at 11:05 AM
This is some really cool stuff.
vignesh
vignesh #3
Jun 21, 2007 at 11:31 AM
It will be included in Ubuntu 7.10 by default...
ChaiTan3
Jun 21, 2007 at 2:12 PM
thats real good news
gxsaurav
Jun 21, 2007 at 2:24 PM
Those cube etc animation are of no use. I would rather prefer Ubuntu 7.10 to provide this

1) GPU accelerated UI, everything made using the GPU on screen

2) Shaodws etc under windows & menus like Vista or Mac OS X

3) Zoom or other such effects.

& plz, no woobly windows.
vignesh
vignesh #8
Jun 21, 2007 at 9:27 PM
ChaiTan3 said:
thats real good news

This article has the plans for Gusty..

*arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070620-plans-for-ubuntu-7-10-gutsy-gibbon-revealed.html
vish786
vish786 #9
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:23 PM
@praka123

now thats real good stuff.... beryl already looks good and its still improving.:)
praka123
praka123 #10
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:26 PM
..and the news is that Beryl and compiz merged to compiz-fusion :-|
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #11
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:35 PM
Hmm...can I run Beryl in VMWare or LiveCD? I don't have another partition just to try beryl. Is there something like Korora?
vish786
vish786 #12
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:40 PM
gx_saurav said:
Hmm...can I run Beryl in VMWare or LiveCD? I don't have another partition just to try beryl. Is there something like Korora?
chor kahi ka... ab linux pe ah hi gaya.:D

linux is always tempting.

no u cannot run beryl in virtualisation and knoppix(latest release) has beryl inbuilt in livecd.

@praka123

did u know this the person who coded for compiz is the same person doing coding for beryl. he started beryl project after leaving compiz company.
praka123
praka123 #13
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:46 PM
gx_saurav said:
Hmm...can I run Beryl in VMWare or LiveCD? I don't have another partition just to try beryl. Is there something like Korora?
that u can search at *distrowatch.com
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #14
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:46 PM
vish786 said:
chor kahi ka... ab linux pe ah hi gaya.:D

linux is always tempting.

You should do some research first on why I say no to Linux & why I m not new to it.
vish786
vish786 #15
Jun 21, 2007 at 10:49 PM
gx_saurav said:

You should do some research first on why I say no to Linux & why I m not new to it.
mene kab kaha ki tu linux ke liye naya hai. i just said its tempting.:D i always pick my statements in appropriate manner. :D
QwertyManiac
Jun 21, 2007 at 11:37 PM
Right .. That thread is simply the best example of Gx .. /sarcasm

Eddie's reply already owned him :D
eddie
eddie #17
Jun 22, 2007 at 12:20 AM
vish786 said:
did u know this the person who coded for compiz is the same person doing coding for beryl. he started beryl project after leaving compiz company.
She. "Quinn", founder and lead developer of Beryl is a female.