compiz/beryl and fast user switching

[David Munson]

speaking of compiz and beryl, i'm going to have a bunch of questions
about the differences between the two, and configuring them to, as was
said above, turn windows into paper airplanes.

i'm really new to linux, so please don't tar and feather me if i ask
the same questions as 500 other people.

alternately, if anyone knows a good guide to beryl and compiz, i'd
welcome the direction.

On 8/31/07, Kurt Granroth <kurt+plug-discuss at granroth.com> wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 11:00 -0700, Josh Coffman wrote:
> >>    Does anyone know if there is a way to make compiz or beryl work
> >> with fast user switching. (using fedora 7 if that matters). 3d desktop
> >> isn't a big deal to me but its a nice way to impress people with
> >> linux.. plus one of the launcher panels I like needs a composite
> >> window manager to work.
> > ----
> > I always thought that the impressive thing to demonstrate was stability,
> > text based configuration files, automated installations/updates and of
> > course free software.
> >
> > Eye candy things like compiz/beryl are hardly stable and are impressive
> > only for people that know little about computers. Thus a compiz/beryl
> > demonstration is perfect for pointy haired bosses but few else.
>
> Heh... Craig, it is amazing that you and I can love the same thing
> (Linux) yet be so polar opposites on darn near everything about it.  I
> don't think I could disagree more with what you said there.
>
> Stability, text conf, automated installations, and free software matter
> to sys admins and people who work on their computers constantly.  Your
> average desktop user doesn't give a rat's ass.
>
> The snazzy eye candy due a phenomenal job at getting people's attention.
>  I can't count how many times people have stopped short seeing a
> Compiz/Beryl desktop and were blown away.  These people may not have
> known about Linux before (or if they did, knew of it as an
> unapproachable geek thing) but after seeing the glitz, more than a few
> will go on to check it out for themselves.
>
> Kurt
>
>
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