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Fedora's OpenGL Composite Desktop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-that-could-be-pretty dept.

An anonymous reader writes "First we had Novell's XGL and Compiz technology, which allows for OpenGL-based composite rendering on the Linux desktop. Now Fedora has created the Advanced Indirect GL X project, which aims for similar desktop effects but with a simpler implementation. Sure, at the end of the day it's just eye candy, but make no mistake - the Linux desktop is due for a massive shake-up!"

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  1. Wanted to see the demo movies by TheSkepticalOptimist · · Score: 0, Troll

    But they are in ogg format. Didn't even know there was a ogg video format. As long as the Linux world continues to alienate those using Windows, I don't care about it.

    I.e. Make the vides in WMV or even just avi or divx format and then let all the billions of PC users see what they are missing and possibly want to move over to Linux, instead of just catering to the millions of linux users that happen to use OGG. Its like preaching to the choir, they already heard that sermon thousands of times.

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  2. KDE does it by gentimjs · · Score: 0, Troll

    KDE does it just fine. Not to troll, but once you escape the clutches of the "options confuse the users" Gnome desktop, its amazing what you can do ...

  3. Re:The "eye candy" mentality by nagora · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dickhead.

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