Take a look at this
Really amazing
Sunday, June 11, 2006 by Juan Pablo Santos | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Did you think Windows Vista was the first with a 3D Desktop?, take a look at Xgl and get amazed.
I never thought Linux could do that, Xgl will be standard when Xorg 7 gets out
If you want to try it in your Windows machine, download a live CD of Kororaa Linux, just boot it and you ave a Linux with 3D effects that will amaze you.
Link
youtube.com video
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There are plenty where this came from (¿?), just picked the first
Sorry for some grammar mistakes
I never thought Linux could do that, Xgl will be standard when Xorg 7 gets out
If you want to try it in your Windows machine, download a live CD of Kororaa Linux, just boot it and you ave a Linux with 3D effects that will amaze you.
Link
youtube.com video
Link
There are plenty where this came from (¿?), just picked the first
Sorry for some grammar mistakes
xmol
Reply #2 Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:21 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:21 PM
I've seen some 3D shells for Windows like Blueberry (will be shut down closely), Win3D, Rooms, SphereXP.
In fact the Kororaa distro didn't implement 3D it was Xgl, Kororaa just is a build of Xgl over Gentoo.
If I missed any alternate shell please say it.
I would be glad
The 3D shells I have found don't get to the level of Xgl. And some of theme, like SphereXP are very buggy and slow (maybe my computer, 128 mb video, 2.5 ghz and 512 in ram (nothing amazing)) As I have teste Xgl is very stable and works fine with a 64 mb video card
In fact the Kororaa distro didn't implement 3D it was Xgl, Kororaa just is a build of Xgl over Gentoo.
If I missed any alternate shell please say it.
I would be gladThe 3D shells I have found don't get to the level of Xgl. And some of theme, like SphereXP are very buggy and slow (maybe my computer, 128 mb video, 2.5 ghz and 512 in ram (nothing amazing)) As I have teste Xgl is very stable and works fine with a 64 mb video card
Diafragma
Reply #3 Monday, June 12, 2006 12:52 AM
Reply #3 Monday, June 12, 2006 12:52 AM
It will be nice to see some of those effects incorporated into WindowFX... hope someone is listening....
TheGuyPC
Reply #4 Monday, June 12, 2006 11:23 PM
Reply #4 Monday, June 12, 2006 11:23 PM
Holy crap! I'm still living in the dark ages. I didn't know you could do those kinds of things.
I wasn't super impressed until they turned the "cube". That floored me.
Gotta try it now!
Will it mess anything up by using the live cd? I mean are there risks? I've never used Linux so I'm at a loss. (Please forgive my newbie status on the matter.)
PC
I wasn't super impressed until they turned the "cube". That floored me.
Gotta try it now!
Will it mess anything up by using the live cd? I mean are there risks? I've never used Linux so I'm at a loss. (Please forgive my newbie status on the matter.)
PC
xmol
Reply #5 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:24 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:24 PM
Just download the Kororaa 3D live-cd and boot it, Maybe
there is an install option on your desktop, don't touch it, I have booted some live cds like Gentoo and PCLinuxOS with no problems but never Kororaa. Using KDE or Gnome is very easy to do simple tasks but if you want to take the whole power of the OS you must use the command-line
there is an install option on your desktop, don't touch it, I have booted some live cds like Gentoo and PCLinuxOS with no problems but never Kororaa. Using KDE or Gnome is very easy to do simple tasks but if you want to take the whole power of the OS you must use the command-line
Keikonium
Reply #6 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:05 PM 
! OMG
See where they "turned" the desktop? I have always wanted that with windows. I meantioned a while back how cool that would be if you could skin each side with a different windowblinds theme.
Awesome video.
Reply #6 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:05 PM
! OMGSee where they "turned" the desktop? I have always wanted that with windows. I meantioned a while back how cool that would be if you could skin each side with a different windowblinds theme.
Awesome video
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Reply #1 Sunday, June 11, 2006 8:05 PM