http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/taxonomy/term/258/0 en http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/the-new-look-of-linux <p>XGL/Compiz has turned the graphical desktop of Linux into something that rivals even the latest version of Mac OS X. Check out this video of Linux running on a dual monitor system with XGL/Compiz.</p> <p>I belive that <a href="http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/">SUSE 10.1</a> has XGL/Compiz included by default. You can download it for free <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org">here</a>.</p> <p><object width="425" height="350"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DUSn-jBA3CE"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DUSn-jBA3CE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/the-new-look-of-linux">read more</a></p> http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/the-new-look-of-linux#comment Compiz Linux News XGL Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:54:10 -0500 LFT 105 at http://www.linuxfortravelers.com http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/xgl-compiz-the-new-look-of-linux <p>Check out this video of the new XGL/Compiz desktop for Linux. It is arguably a more graphically advanced desktop than even Mac OS X.</p> <p><object width="425" height="350"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lawkc3jH3ws"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lawkc3jH3ws" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p> <p><a href="http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/xgl-compiz-the-new-look-of-linux">read more</a></p> http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/xgl-compiz-the-new-look-of-linux#comment Compiz Linux News Ubuntu XGL Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:04:03 -0500 LFT 103 at http://www.linuxfortravelers.com http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/next-linux-desktop-rivals-mac-os-x-in-eye-candy <p>Take a look at what the next generation of Linux desktop looks like on <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3304682858126153303&amp;q=Linux">this Linux video</a>.</p> <p>It uses <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz">Compiz</a> and <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl">XGL</a> to create a desktop interface that rivals or surpasses the slick look of Mac OS X. Notice the special effects when moving the windows around, and especially the desktop-switching feature, where you can switch between four virtual desktops by spinning them around like they are faces on a cube.</p> <p>If you want to take Compiz/XGL for a trial run on your own computer you can try the <a href="http://kororaa.org/">Kororaa live CD</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/next-linux-desktop-rivals-mac-os-x-in-eye-candy">read more</a></p> http://www.linuxfortravelers.com/next-linux-desktop-rivals-mac-os-x-in-eye-candy#comment Compiz Linux News XGL Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:15:47 -0500 LFT 68 at http://www.linuxfortravelers.com