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Beryl User Interface for Linux Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yo-ho-ho-and-a-beryl-of-rum dept.

techie writes "OSWeekly.com has published a review of Beryl, a very cool looking UI for Linux. Matt Hartley writes, "This release, in my opinion, was the most over-hyped and bug-filled to date. You will have to really hit Technorati to see more of what I'm talking about, but Feisty is as buggy as the beta I tested a short time ago. After completely tossing into the wilds of the ubber-buggy "network-manager," anything running with Edgy supported RT2500 driver shows up, but it will not connect without a special script. Those of you who are on Feisty and need help with your RT2500 cards are welcome to e-mail me for the bash script."

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  1. Could we have that in English please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps:

    Beryl (note spelling) is buggy. It isn't finished yet.
    Feisty Fawn is still a bit buggy. Its only just released.

    1. Re:Could we have that in English please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      uh-oh, I've got a hell of a lot of bad C code, then.

  2. "Berly", huh? by rantingkitten · · Score: 2, Funny

    Like the brawl between Neo and all the Smiths? Man, that was cool.

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  3. keep it secret by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Those of you who are on Feisty and need help with your RT2500 cards are welcome to e-mail me for the bash script.


    No no no! Please don't give us detailed information, publish this "special script" or link to it. Just keep it as a secret.

    1. Re:keep it secret by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I have a witty retort; you're welcome to email me for it.

  4. News Flash!!! by Spudtrooper · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beta software has bugs. In other news, Avril Lavigne can't sing, people hate paying taxes, the sky is blue, and your "girlfriend" from Nigeria who keeps asking for money is really a man.

  5. Re:After reading TFA... by ScottSCY · · Score: 5, Funny
    For example, exactly how does Beryl interfere with OpenOffice Write's word count feature? I'm trying to make a connection and I'm flummoxed.

    Go to openoffice; do a word count. Shift cube left or shift cube right onto new workspace. Where is the wordcount now? Huh? Where? Not there!

  6. Will be better by Yetihehe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ubuntu FF will be stable after second servicepack. (hides from a tossed penguin)

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