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You only need to look were Linux and other free operating systems are heading to see that The days of Windows are numbered.
This is a new app for Linux which is hugely impressive, and this only demonstartes a couple of it's options.
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gerg wrote:
You only need to look were Linux and other free operating systems are heading to see that The days of Windows are numbered.
This is a new app for Linux which is hugely impressive, and this only demonstartes a couple of it's options.
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I used to use Compiz/Xgl for Linux to get similar flashy effects (cube, live preview when alt-tabbing, etc) but I stopped about 2 months ago as I found it was a)a processor hog* and b)slowed down my workflow (the animations etc get in the way).
* I'm using an Athlon 4800+ on a Geforce 7900 GT, so it's not slow kit
Eye candy is great (and it's still nice to turn it on for visitors to show them what an OS can look like), but my PC is 99% used for work and needs to be fast and stable for that.
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Desktop Linux has come a long way recently, but most of the eye candy are still beta projects. I've used Beryl on my Debian box but it's only for messing about. All my desktop work is done on a Mac and I prefer it that way. For me Linux is still for servers.
I might get Vista down the road but I'm not impressed with all the versions their releasing. I'd have to buy the ultimate or business edition just to use it in VMWare.
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I wouldn't pay for it, XP is working fine thanks. If it came on a new computer, then I'd have to live with it.
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