[ltp] Re: x40: glx or aiglx?

come se fosse antani linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:04:33 +0100


On 2/28/07, Ajai Khattri <ajai@bitblit.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, come se fosse antani wrote:
>
> > I tried XGL only with the Sabayon Linux LiveCD and it was pretty fast.
> > I'd like to try something cool and, finally, a fast version of
> > Expose'!
>
> Oh its much better than Expose. Ive been running beryl for several months
> now. Hit the top-right and all windows are scaled and tiled but the
> contents continue to update (so movies playing in mplayer carry on playing
> at their smaller sizes). Ditto for task switching with ALT TAB (thumbnails
> continue to update). I can also hold down the scroll wheel when over the
> background and the whole desktop becomes a cube which I can rotate in any
> direction (I have four desktops configured). The cube can be transparent
> so you can see the window layers from behind. The window contents, of
> course, continue to update in real time (so for movies, you're watching
> them from behind the screen ;-)

yep, I see some cool effects on many videos and screenshot around the
web but I mean that the 1st thing that I "need" is something useful
like expose'.
in fact, someone is saying that Beryl increase our productivity... :)
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