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Compiz Project Releases C++ Based v0.9.0

Posted by timothy on from the rewritten-from-scratch dept.

werfu writes "Compiz 0.9.0, the first release of Compiz rewritten in C++, has been announced on the Compiz mailing list. See the announcement for more info." Compiz has for years been one of my favorite ways to make Windows users envious, despite my (Linux) systems' otherwise low-end graphics capabilities. Besides the switch to C++ from C, this release "brings a whole new developer API, splits rendering into plugins, switches the buildsystem from automake to cmake and brings minor functionality improvements."

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  1. First release of merged branches by NewToNix · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is a first release after the reunification of the Compiz, Compiz++, NOMAD and Compiz Fusion branches. It's unstable, but at least it's good to see all the effort coming under the same roof again.

  2. Re:favorite way by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Informative

    In fact, on old systems with a graphics card it is significantly faster than the traditional way of redrawing windows.

    Why? Because:
    1. the gfx card can do part of the work
    2. all windows are already drawn and kept in the graphic card's memory

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    The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
  3. Re:favorite way by Jurily · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, karma whoring is to post something completely obvious you know will be modded up and not add anything to the discussion. Like this comment.