To simplify, obviously. The more elements you add to a system, the slower
and more unstable it gets. It would be awesome if Metacity could handle all
the stuff we have Compiz do now, though it should obviously scan the
computer's hardware on first boot to see what level of effects it can
handle.
2008/9/27 Danny Piccirillo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are crazy compiz-like effects being worked on or will they be?
Please do not top-post.
Anyway, the current compositing inside metacity is using Xrender, which is
compatible with almost any hardware and supports software rendering (so it
permits
why would we need opengl backend for metacity? we have compiz for that,
while people who doesnt have a hardware to enable compiz, still can have
nice shadows, and basic things. this is a good workaround for them.
On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 13:57 +0200, Andrea Cimitan wrote:
2008/9/27 Danny
Danny Piccirillo wrote:
Sorry if this is slightly off topic but I read a while ago that
Metacity was adding composite features like transparency, etc. When
will this be available? Does this mean that at some point we may be
able to get all the features of compiz with metacity and be able to
Are crazy compiz-like effects being worked on or will they be?
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Cory K. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Danny Piccirillo wrote:
Sorry if this is slightly off topic but I read a while ago that
Metacity was adding composite features like transparency, etc. When
