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Looking-Glass Based Distro Reviewed

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the looking-at-the-looking-glass dept.

mymaxx writes "Tuxmachines.org has a review of LG3D, a LiveCD distro using Sun's Looking Glass technology. It looks very promising for the future of desktops, but it still has a ways to go." Tuxmachines also has a few screenshots for your viewing pleasure.

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  1. Re:Looks kinda silly by vettemph · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yep, I tried it out and I think it is complete crap. The CD chooser/player is cool though. Other than that it is just annoying. It's like trying to read while your driving (or maybe while someone else is driving). It has about 10 seconds of wow and once you try to get used to it you realize it just sucks. I would much prefer KDE, GNOME, Fluxbox, IceWM or even XFCE (my least favorite) over this garbage. Have you tried to read an article while a MacromediaFlash ad is one the same page? This desktop is just like that.
      I'll stick with GNOME.

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  2. The lack of 3d support in NetBSD pisses me off by Billly+Gates · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I do not like the linux at all and use to Free and now netbsd. FreeBSD is no longer reliable on my computer so I am screwed. Sigh

    I wonder how bad this would run in software opengl with mesa?

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