One reason to get linux

mp3guy

http://www.freedesktop.org/~davidr/xgl-demo1.xvid.avi

KdjaCL

60mbs?


kdjac

StillBallygowan

Hi,

Just watching the demo video

Where can I download linux and what linux version is a good one to start off with?

Thanks

projectmayhem

search google and you'll find loads of places to get linux. best one to start with is probably redhat, but i'd recommend debian because it's now downloadable as an installer (making life so much easier)

redhat: https://www.redhat.com/apps/download/
debian: http://www.debian.org/
everything else : http://www.linuxiso.org/

aidan_walsh

mp3guy wrote:

http://www.freedesktop.org/~davidr/xgl-demo1.xvid.avi

What a stupid reason to get Linux.

StillBallygowan wrote:

Just watching the demo video

Where can I download linux and what linux version is a good one to start off with?

Please don't waste your time getting Linux if all your doing it for is some pretty eye candy. You're going to be sorely disappointed.

axer

anyone know is wine working anyways good yet?

plus - should there be sound with that vid?

DonkeyStyle \o/

aidan_walsh wrote:

Please don't waste your time getting Linux if all your doing it for is some pretty eye candy. You're going to be sorely disappointed.

Seconded.
There's a huge learning curve if you want to do anything usefull in Linux and have your much valued hardware/peripherals working.
Unless you're willing to spend a few months learning Linux; I wouldn't bother my arse.

Eurgh, just watched the video there... how utterly pointless and disturbing.
I'm off to the toilet to puke my guts out. 'scuse me.

SirLemonhead

Anyone care to explain what happens in the video?

aidan_walsh

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Anyone care to explain what happens in the video?

You see wiggley windows and translucency effects. I switched it off after that, but basically its a crappy looking window manager.

aidan_walsh

aidan_walsh wrote:

You see wiggley windows and translucency effects. I switched it off after that, but basically its a crappy looking window manager.

A bit of much needed background.

http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/

Novell is announcing its contribution of the Xgl graphics subsystem and the 'Compiz ' compositing manager to the X.org project. These enhancements open up a whole world of hardware acceleration, fancy animation, separating hardware resolution from software resolution, and more. As a result, Linux desktops will become more usable, end-user productivity will increase, and Linux is firmly positioned at the forefront of client computing technology.

Under the leadership of Novell's David Reveman, Novell has sponsored and led the development of this powerful new graphics subsystem for Linux since late 2004. Xgl is the X server architecture layered on top of OpenGL and takes advantage of available accelerated 3D rendering hardware. It is designed to integrate well with the composite extension and performs best when a compositing manager is running. 'Compiz' is the new OpenGL compositing manager from Novell and is the framework that enables the development of graphical plug-ins.

Linux desktops will become more usable, end-user productivity will increase, and Linux is firmly positioned at the forefront of client computing technology.

There is no need for fancy graphics for this, all thats needed is a lot more thought from UI designers. Here they seem to have brain-farted.

DonkeyStyle \o/

MasterOfSolos wrote:

Anyone care to explain what happens in the video?

Well it shows a desktop that has a bunch of 3d crap happening on it... window transparency (yawn, been standard with nVidia drivers for decades), some pointless rubbery-wobbly window effect when you move them... a tiresome rotating photo-cube effect... a distracting animated desktop background (think winamp vis plugin)... and maybe some other stuff I couldn't be bothered looking at.
tbh they need to sort out the serious usability problems instead, but that'd be too much like hard work :rolleyes:

Fabritzo

Stop moaning, it looks cool, is it available on a torrent or something?