[uae] Re: OT: Beryl
- From: Martin Steigerwald <Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: uae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:17:41 +0100
Am Dienstag 20 März 2007 schrieb Richard Drummond:
> Hi All
>
> Just been looking at the Beryl wiki (Beryl is a fork from Compiz, the
> X11 compositing window manager) when I came across this:
>
> "We are currently working on 198 articles about the coolest thing to
> come to desktop computers since the 8086"
>
> LOL! I'm almost spilled my glass of beer. Since when was the 8086
> *ever* cool?
Hello Richard!
Well I definately would have make a different comparison. Maybe "since the
introduction of the Amiga 1000".
> What next? Installing Beryl is the most painless experience next to
> major dental surgery without an anaesthetic? ;-)
Its as easy as adding some lines to /etc/apt/sources.list, apt-get install
some meta package and making sure that Xorg is properly configured. I had
it up an running in less than 30 minutes I think.
Its not overly stable yet and has a lot rough edges, thus I only use it to
present it to others ;-). But some effects are definately way cool. For
example that rotating cube when you add transparency and a dome picture
to it. ;) Or windows that beam out of the way ("Scotty beam me up").
Regards,
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