Compiz Project Releases C++ Based v0.9.0

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."

Comments

BS

[airjrdn]

• Fewer viruses - Agreed
• Lower cost of ownership - BS, too much time is spent hacking up config files to make crap work or work right
• CLI/scripting system that actually works - BS, anything you can write and make work in Linux, I can in Windows
• Most open source software runs on it - Show me anything worthwhile that doesn't run in Windows or have a better alternative there
• Drivers for just about any piece of hardware ever built - BS, that's the primary thing most users have issues with, half baked drivers
• No blue screen of death - Agreed, but I haven't seen one yet in Win7
• Not nearly as resource hungry (unless of course you use Compiz :-) - Agreed, but neither was Win98 which is typically how Linux feels
• Penguins way cooler than butterflies

Mod me down if you want to, but I've yet to have Windows drop me to a command prompt after an video card driver update, OS update (Ubuntu anyone?) or had to recompile sound drivers after every OS update (Ubuntu on that one too). My file manager will display in a column what date pictures were taken so I can categorize them accordingly, can yours do that? It couldn't the last time I checked.