Aero get's pwned by Ubuntu Beryl

[BXtreme]

see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ
see from start to end....

[supraman]

That was just too cool

It's inspired me to download ubuntu again and give it another shot.

[BXtreme]

Paying $$$ just only for Vista's aero is just NUTS!!! get Ubuntu
Many ppl out there are just getting attracted to Vista due to aero, this is a real help for 'em
Here's a link to their site http://www.beryl-project.org/

[Taz100420]

Linux FTW!!!!

[LiNKiN]

Wow. That was swawesometastic!!!!!!!!

[Wastedslayer]

After watching that im downloading Ubuntu right now, will be my first time using Linux, I still hope im able to play my games though (Stalker/Company of Heroes) any suggestions before i head into the realm of unknown?

[LiNKiN]

Become best friends with their forum and members. Ima give it a shot on my other hardrive thatll be here this week.

[cjoyce1980]

it just looks fun to play with, but i'm sure the novelity will where off like with aero

[Atech]

It's faster when compiled from scratch via Portage (Gentoo) (no really :P)

I love it. Great for offloading the minuscule load of the window manager to the gpu.

As for the novelty ... I find it's easier to use. The Opera style window preview, the transparent cube (to see what's on other desktops), the wallpaper plugin, the mouse gestures ... It really does increase generativity.

Edit:
I prefer this video.

Btw, Beryl runs smooth as silk on this fanless PCI FX5200, with 2x AA and 8x AF.

[DaMulta]

For web surfing maybe

[zekrahminator]

Linux/BSD just hates my computer, nothing I can do about it .

[Wastedslayer]

Im mainly worried about my games, am I still gonna be able to game on Ubuntu with about the same if not a lil less or more increase/decrease in performance like I said earlier im very very new to the Linux thing

[prime95]

Open source is nice, for SOME things. Right now though it's still very immature. I've spent the last two weeks trying to find a 100% stable, user friendly, and feature rich *nix distro. I built a brand new pc to do this, AM2 4600+, 2gb ram, ECS KA3 MVP, G15 Keyboard, A4tech X750 mouse, x1950xt videocard, x-fi sound card, dvd/cd burner... I've gone though fedora core 32 and 64bit, Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10, 32 and 64 bit flavors of that, open suse 10.2 32 and 64bit, debian 32 and 64 bit, and elive..... (I still have mandriva and linspire to try.. but so far its all the same...)

Out of all of those distros NONE of them were fully functional, user friendly, or had all the features I wanted... and it was a pain in the zazz to get the programs I wanted... All in all, *nix has again left a bad taste with me... just like last year (i do this every year in hopes that I may be able to eventually make *nix my main OS).

Windows may have alot of problems, like BSODs, virus', and can sometimes be troublesome.... but what hardcore *nix users don't understand, is that people shouldn't have to be burdened with 'figuring things out'. There should be an easy solution available, and typically there are for any problem you encounter in windows. (rarely -- if ever do i need to use a command line in windows..) Not to mention windows has exceptional hardware compatability. (i honestly hate windows, but these past two weeks have been hell trying to get a *nix distro to work, and i DO take the time to figure things out.) I'm not a fan of vista, but beryl is too flashy, it reminds me of a mac, pretty colors, but also pretty useless.

For now, I'll just stick with XP Pro, it works great, and does everything I want it to -- and that is EXACTLY what matters most. Not which system has the flashiest gui, which one costs the least, -- its what's the most compatible, and easiest to use - from kids, to adults, and even grandmas...

[SK-1]

Originally Posted by Wastedslayer

Im mainly worried about my games, am I still gonna be able to game on Ubuntu with about the same if not a lil less or more increase/decrease in performance like I said earlier im very very new to the Linux thing

I will second that and join the club.I hear ATI has driver support for this linux deal.
Cab a guy just set up a dual boot?

[prime95]

ATI's linux support sux. The drivers run like crud, 40-60% slower than their NV counterparts (and on an x1950xt, you can feel it..)

[Wastedslayer]

13 Disks later and no explanation why I couldn't install Ubuntu, i decided to just stick with Win XP, Ubuntu had some weird problems during the initial bootup, even after i followed every guide imaginable to install it. Ill agree with you though Windows does do everything I want so I might as well stick with it, the only issue i have with it right now is my Network Connections folder is empty i cant figure it out, but its no big deal.

-Wasted-

[zekrahminator]

Originally Posted by Wastedslayer

13 Disks later and no explanation why I couldn't install Ubuntu, i decided to just stick with Win XP, Ubuntu had some weird problems during the initial bootup, even after i followed every guide imaginable to install it. Ill agree with you though Windows does do everything I want so I might as well stick with it, the only issue i have with it right now is my Network Connections folder is empty i cant figure it out, but its no big deal.

-Wasted-

Get Windows Vista, it auto-detects EVERYTHING in a network .

[randomperson21]

Originally Posted by BXtreme

Paying $$$ just only for Vista's aero is just NUTS!!!

Whoever said you have to PAY for vista!?!??!

I agree that Beryl kicks ass. But as of right now, i think its too complicated to use for mainstream use. Not enough hardware supported without major tweaks, installing apps isn't a point and click operation, etc. Some people can deal with these things on a daily basis, others can't. I'm one of those people. I want things to work the first time. And most of the times, Windows can do that for me.

So until Linux becomes point and click-ish, it won't really see mainstream use imo.

[FOXCONN1115]

Just downloaded Ubuntu

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by zekrahminator

Linux/BSD just hates my computer, nothing I can do about it .

A lot of distros don't install properly when there's an NTFS volume present, Zek. If you're installing to a second hard drive, unplug your windows drive, and it will probably work.

[Easy Rhino]

is beryl available for kde? or just gnome which is default for ubuntu?

[Wile E]

It has packages for KDE as well. I can't seem to get it running on my system in either KDE or Gnome, however. Having repo problems, and I think I have a few items missing for it to work properly. Still fighting with my ATI drivers as well. lol

Oh, yeah, I'm on Fedora Core 6.

[BXtreme]

Originally Posted by randomperson21

Whoever said you have to PAY for vista!?!??!

I agree that Beryl kicks ass. But as of right now, i think its too complicated to use for mainstream use. Not enough hardware supported without major tweaks, installing apps isn't a point and click operation, etc. Some people can deal with these things on a daily basis, others can't. I'm one of those people. I want things to work the first time. And most of the times, Windows can do that for me.

So until Linux becomes point and click-ish, it won't really see mainstream use imo.

ya I too hope linux gets point and click , but some distros do offer it in some amount....
LOL, at the paying part, I actually meant that for ppl who only pay for 'aero' That's just dumb . Like the kids who like "ooo look at that glassy thing, dad can you get me Vista for my new compy"

[Easy Rhino]

Originally Posted by Wile E

It has packages for KDE as well. I can't seem to get it running on my system in either KDE or Gnome, however. Having repo problems, and I think I have a few items missing for it to work properly. Still fighting with my ATI drivers as well. lol

Oh, yeah, I'm on Fedora Core 6.

i just answered my own question by using something called the internet.

http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=55260

[psychomage343]

anybody know how hard it is to do a dual boot with windows xp pro on a nvidia raid in a striping array?