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Metisse - New Looking Glass Alternative

Posted by timothy on from the requires-a-wallet-downgrade dept.

Interested in a 3D desktop? zoso submitted news about about a project called Metisse, writing "There is working and freely available alternative to the (soon to be released under GPL) Sun Looking Glass 3D desktop ( Slashdot story here) If you have spare CPU/GPU cycles just go download and compile the first publicly available version of this X Desktop. Everything looks nice (screenshots here), has OpenGL support, transparency and all other whistles...."

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  1. It's all stupid crap by bingo_tailspin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This spacial desktop organization is just crap. Who wants this stupid stuff? Tabs, panels, expose', alt tab, etc... all solve the problem of navigating a workspace. This is a 2D environment based on flat pages of text, get over the desire to jazz it up in stupid crap ways. What we need is a real 3D computer, with knobs, dials, and levers; a little interaction. 3D is great for games and movies about hackers ;) but stupid for modern desktop applications.