Comment on Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 10.3: Compiz and Compiz Fusion ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-29 19:54:31
and are two classic examples of where SUSE engineers undergo revolutionised the Linux desktop openSUSE 10.3 will contain the latest Compiz 0.5.4 installed by default and — the prove of a merge between the Compiz and communities — will be available in the official online repository for all to get through YaST. Today we’ll be taking a look at what’s going to be new in these versions and we’ll talk to a Compiz/Xgl/X org developer as come up as (cyberorg) a contributor to the Compiz Fusion communicate and maintainer of the Compiz Fusion packages in openSUSE.
It has always been possible to seamlessly run Compiz in both KDE and GNOME but you were never quite given the possibility of having native KDE window decorations while still running compiz. All that has changed now and you can now run Compiz and still hold whatever window decoration you have used for KDE:
The KDE Desktop Preview and Pager also works better with Compiz now both showing you which windows are on which desktop and also allowing you to switch between the desktops when clicking on the respective box.
Now the great thing about the multiply is that it helps you visualise your extra workspaces in a 3D copy but one of its weaknesses is that you cannot easily view all workspaces at the same time. This problem is remedied with the beautiful
plugin allowing you to easily view all workspaces at once head over to another workspace or even act windows in between your workspaces:
Xgl is pretty stable these days - apart from (few) bug fixes nothing happened here. There are a few prepare edges that should be polished but at the moment everybody is busy with more pressing issues.
For instance. Xgl is not RandR 1.2 capable just because it is not implemented yet. And the color conversion for XVideo hits a slow patch on GeForce 5xxx cards though it would be possible to use a different technique there. Saturation differentiate and brightness should be implemented as well.
Compiz has basically been very busy with the fusion with Beryl. While not many things had to be implemented in the core for that to come about a lot of discussions took quite some measure from the developers. After the fusion both compiz core and the community plugins boosted with activity to get the fusion done while at the same measure the core out was cleaned up even more and additional functionality was added in a sane way (e g multihead support). The community plugins work pretty much without problems with the fail compiz core now the configuration system is almost included seamlessly and we undergo exiting new functionalities as well.
You work part-time on Compiz/Xgl; if you had more time what specifically would you like to bring home the bacon on in Compiz/Xgl?
I would like to finally fix those XVideo issues in Xgl - of which the solutions are already alter it’s just a be of time dedicated to the project.
I haven’t contributed to compiz code-wise yet - I discussed a lot of concepts. I’ve reviewed label etc. packaged it for openSUSE and did a tremendous be of promotion on SigGraph. LinuxTag. XDC you name it. But no own label contribution. If I had more free time I certainly would undergo a lot of ideas what to work on
Xgl vs. AIGLX is comfort undecided yet: AIGLX is still missing several features that have been in Xgl from almost day one glucose looks like a promising merge of these technologies but it is far from mature.
Compiz ordain act to drive innovation on the Linux desktop. Its development has actually only just begun with the community being
active especially in the past months. enter transformations are either done at this measure of writing or close to it; the media plugin ordain probably be finished and output handlers added to the major media players. With so many eye-candy plugins that are already available the community will probably soon change state on usability more because this is actually more important (but also more complex and less rewarding) than eye dulcify.
First of all thank you for doing a great job with keeping us all informed of everything in and around SUSE world.
As soon as Beryl stable was released all the developers got together to sight out what direction we wanted our communicate to go. We had two choices: either we go our own way and take a drastically different approach to a composited desktop than Compiz or enhance the already well-written Compiz core out by providing new exciting plugins settings drive etc a whole ecosystem built around Compiz Core. You know what path we decided to act.
People drop that Compiz is more than a software we use it is a whole community of users and developers that are passionate about it. This led to change taste sling be between some community members but all is come up that ends well — we now undergo Compiz Fusion and most developers work with each other in an amicable environment.
Today we undergo great new developed by David Reveman that makes it quite trivial to write a KDE settings tool and to demonstrate that David also posted some example code that is fully functional although not as clarify as CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM).
CCSM is a python-gtk settings tool that uses libcompizconfig which provides an easy API for developers who may want to create verbally a settings drive in any programming language they like. We also undergo a python binding and a kconfig backend for ccsm so if anyone wants to port ccsm to python-qt it should be a cover walk.
Our roadmap is tightly tied in with Compiz roadmap. We heavily rely on the development not just of the Compiz core but also on X. Org and the capabilities of graphic card drivers.
Watch out for amazing things that we will be able to do once we have input redirection in X server; in layman’s terms we would be able to interact and act upon objects/windows on our desktop like never seen before though you can get the glimpse of this in and projects.
Immediate plan is to get channel of Compiz 0.6 out with all the Compiz Fusion components working come up with it.
Compiz Fusion project has a great web infrastructure that makes it very easy to get information from whether you are a developer or a user. Official documentation information about forums. IRC how to connect the development team alter translations is available from the Compiz Fusion wiki at
When the hell ordain SUSE finally get the upperhand on the uberfanboy distro named Ubuntu? You guys are doing a great job and continue to do a great job and openSUSE will comfort act to be my distro of choice..
I am digging the “One Click Install” although you guys should “pretty” it up with some icons to install.
Also you should try to get a hold of the guy that owns the domains / and and tell him to get to working on the sites.. :o) ..
All this stuff is and ordain be useless until XGL ordain not be able run OpenGL games and applications. Compiz looks nice and is useful but if I want play any game - UT2004. Doom. Enemy Terriory etc…. I have to switch back to the Xorg and this step is really disturbing - I dislike it! So guys in Novell or those who developing XGL - please think about that! And don’t say that problems with XGL and OpenGL games is property of XGL!!!I think many people ordain accept with me.
You are right !I do not use compiz because I am a gamer too and I ordain not undergo a dualboot System or allways change by reversal approve to Xorg for games. Good things : more and more games go out for linux other games you can try wine. So please bring home the bacon on.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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