On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 19:42 +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 12:46 -0500, Jason D. Clinton wrote: > > There is nothing good about compiz other than as a spectacle and > > general proof of concept. > > Eh, for now compiz is working and is the reference WM for linux (and > more). gnome-shell would be the proof of concept :) > > > It has myriad application compatibility > > issues and configuring it is a usability nightmare. It tried to be > > desktop agnostic, so now it has four configuation backends and three > > window decorators--all of which are half-baked. The community around > > it very nearly died about a month ago. > > True, but all of this would be implementation details, sort-of.
Implementation details matter. > > I would encourage you to try gnome-shell before you lament compiz. > > You'll see that already it is quite functional and there's lots of > > bling for those who care about such things. And since it's based on > > Metacity, all the app. compatibility bugs in compiz are gone. > > The problem isn't just with me - who cares ? After a few linux installs > I can reasonably say compiz is addictive for newcomers, and these people > don't care about configuration or backends or community behind the > product (yet). > > But I don't want to sound negative or start a flamewar at all. I'll try > gnome-shell if it's not too time-consuming, instead of babbling. We've spent a lot of effort making it as easy as possible. Build instructions are on: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell If you run into any problems, hop onto the #gnome-shell IRC channel and ask us. - Owen _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list