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My new toy - Crazy little thing called Beryl

Discussion in 'Entertainment and Technology' started by Miaplacidus, Jun 24, 2007.

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  1. Miaplacidus

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    Well, for those computer savvy, Beryl is a compositing window manager for UNIX-like systems which also generates 3D and/or animation effects in order to improve your desktop experience.

    For those not computer-savvy, Beryl makes your computer look good - incredibly good. But, like all really good things, it won't work on Windows :lol:

    So, Miaplacidus is proud to present his new toy - ladies and gentlemen, Beryl.

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    PCLinuxOS includes Beryl in the standard distro, though it is disabled by default. It's good fun and great for showing off what Linux to Windows users, but for practical use I would turn it off again.
     
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    Well, it doesn't have a performance impact on my computer, and the Expose-like function (actually better than Expose) is very useful. So are the previews and the enhanced multiple desktop experience.
     
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    I wasn't thinking of performance reasons for turning it off for normal use. I just tend to like things clean and simple on my PCs - no desktop icons, no visual effects, minimum icons in the system tray etc. Often with Windows I turn off the XP theme and have it look like Windows 2000.

    I have not yet installed PCLinuxOS but will do (as a dual boot with XP) soon. It is the only one that worked properly with my hardware without messing around (including having ndiswrapper and a GUI to configure it in the standard distro so I could get the wirelesss to work easily).
     
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    Well, I like things to be efficient - but I like them to look good too.

    I added some light effects and anti-aliasing to it in order to make it look even better. Believe it or not, it actually makes me do my work faster.
     
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    Ah - geek speak....isn't it wonderful!:grin:

    (Don't worry guys...I'm just jealous 'cos I'd never be able to get my brain around that, LOL!)
     
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    I attempted to get Ubuntu, but it would have erased Vista because Ubuntu didnt automatically partition to some other space. I tried to partition myself but it was a lost cause. But I have always loved the look of Compiz/Beryl
     
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    :jawdrop: WOW:icon_wink
     
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