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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. Sweet Jesus by fresh27 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    "...has OpenGL support, transparency and all other whistles...."

    But what about the bells!?!

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  2. Movieware by mccrew · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ask yourself, "What problem does this solve?

    I'd have to agree.

    The screenshots are very interesting to look at, but I can't imagine working like this all day long. This looks like it would work really well in a Hollywood movie, where the super geek at the high tech company is reading his e-mail, or improbably cracking the the password for the missles, or "hacking" into the evil corporation that is after him.

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  3. no thanks by alexburke · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "has OpenGL support, transparency and all other whistles...."

    Sorry, but if it doesn't have bells, I'm not interested.