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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. favorite way by ascari · · Score: -1, Troll
    So compiz is timothy's favorite way to make windows users envious. My list would include things such as:
    • Fewer viruses
    • Lower cost of ownership
    • CLI/scripting system that actually works
    • Most open source software runs on it
    • Drivers for just about any piece of hardware ever built
    • No blue screen of death
    • Not nearly as resource hungry (unless of course you use Compiz :-)
    • Penguins way cooler than butterflies

    But the easiest way of making a windows user envious is to use a mac

  2. Sensible choices'r'us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So they switched from a sensible programming language to language that is fundamentally broken and to a build system that is incomprehensible for human beings? Wow, what an upgrade!

    CAPTCHA: Virtual... How fitting.

  3. The sooner Android replaces KDE, the better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gnome and KDE were imperfect Desktop environments so that F/OSS unix could have one. Now that we are getting a good one at long last (Android). Why stick with the old an obselete?

  4. Enlightment again? by jjohn · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why does this feel like another awesome WM that will be crowed about forever, used by few and will shortly stop releasing new versions?

    I hate X.

    Free-nix needs a new GUI and the only way that's going to happen is through a private company. Why?

    BECAUSE GUIs ARE HARD.

    They are gigantic systems that require a lot of development AND continuing support. Look how long it took Apple to get Mac OS X right.

    X is terrible and anything that continues the zombie life of X is bad.

    #getoffmylawnyoukids