[ltp] Re: x40: glx or aiglx?

[come se fosse antani]

On 2/28/07, Jaime Davila <jdavila@hampshire.edu> wrote:
> 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.

Hi,
previously in this thread I mentioned the Sabayon LiveCD with them I
tried XGL and compiz (few months ago). It was pretty fast: afaik now
this livecd supports both XGL and AIGLX. Give it a try!