Ubuntu + Beryl

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Stugots

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I have been completely blown away at how awesome Linux now looks and feels after this. This is my first time messing around with any X11/OpenGL acceleration and It has convinced me to completely abandon Windows even with Vista now released.

I'm running it on Ubuntu Edgy (6.10), but it should be able to run on any Linux system running Gnome.

http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Main_Page

The instructions for Installing Beryl on Edgy gave me no problems what so ever. It really is as easy as setting up the repository in Synaptic, and installing the necessary packages. I have it running great on my laptop with a mobile Radeon 7500. The effects never drop below 35fps, and considering that its on a crappy video card, with no driver optimization, thats pretty damn good.
 
I installed it a few weeks back when I updated to Edgy. I didn't like any of the fading and wobbly effects, and it slowed down overall performance (I have a very large desktop), so I turned it off.
 
i wouldnt dump XP just for a few wobbly windows and spinning desktops, but yes its nice
 
I've been gradually dumping XP over the past year an a half. But Beryl just pushed me over the edgy because the only thing I didn't like about my Linux setup was that it just didn't look as flashy as XP or now Vista. But now it looks as good as Mac OS.
 
Im reading about Beryl and it looks cool, but I keep seeing gnome this gnome that??

can this run on KDE and do you have to do anything special to make it run on it?
 
osalcido said:
i wouldnt dump XP just for a few wobbly windows and spinning desktops, but yes its nice
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It's a really fast engine that makes windows snappy. There are features much like OSX expose for switching programs and transparencies much faster. I personally disabled all of the wobbly type effects for smooth and efficient ones. The transparency layers and the cube also help to make me more effcient. Don't just think it's the wobbly effects, because I hate those too.
 
br0k3nman said:
It's a really fast engine that makes windows snappy.
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Unfortunately it's slower for me, even with essentially all the effects turned off.
 
I notice no delay with XP in window drawing or whatever. If it is faster, I doubt its really noticeable
 
I tried it on my Ubuntu, I'm not sure what was up but it when I opened it it just opened a small purple square on the bottom of the screen, and I couldn't configure it or anything, and it took 100 percent processor power, dumped Ubuntu for the 5th time that day. Last time, too
 
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