[ltp] Re: x40: glx or aiglx?

[Jaime Davila]

come se fosse antani wrote:
> 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... :)
> http://liquidweather.net/howto/index.php?id=92
> http://liquidweather.net/howto/index.php?id=101
> http://liquidweather.net/howto/index.php?id=102


Hi, I find this thread really interesting. Thanks.

What would be the best way for me to try out this stuff on my x40? Is 
there some sort of live CD I can use? I'm a little concerned that it's 
going to be a resource hog, and I rather see if that's true without 
having to install stuff I might want to take out later.

Thanks,

Jaime


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