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Compiz Window Manager Released

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2006-02-10 12:29. Novell
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Compiz, the OpenGL window/composite manager, has been released following David Reveman's talk at XDevconf yesterday.

"Compiz is an OpenGL compositing manager that use GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap for binding redirected top-level windows to texture objects. It has a flexible plug-in system and it is designed to run well on most graphics hardware."

Also, a new video demonstrating Compiz on XGL is now online. The video displays numerous previously unseen effects such as 3D objects on the desktop and animated backgrounds.

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Will it work with gnome?

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2006-02-10 15:45.

So can this work with gnome? My understanding is that xgl is just an x-server using OpenGL, so gnome should be able to run on that like any other x-server. Compiz is the window manager, and implements all the really cool stuff. Gnome is much more than just a window manager, but can be thought of as a WM plus much more (this is where my understanding is limited). So how much of this eye candy can work with gnome? How much of it needs to be added/ported/reimplemented to use in gnome?

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