http://www.osnews.com/story/17070/Mandriva_One_2007_Metisse_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:22:06 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?205813 http://osnews.com/thread?205813 it's nice they try new stuff, but really, it's useless... pretty much like compiz, actually.

ok, it's not all bad, a few things can be used in some rare cases, and they certainly look cool - but again, apart from the experimentation, how are they going to be usefull?

maybe something comes out of this, and we can thank mandriva for supporting it, sure. let's hope so, then. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (superstoned) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205815 http://osnews.com/thread?205815 Looks cool. And totally unnecessary.
I'm used to be a Mandrake fan. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bsdnewbieee) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205820 http://osnews.com/thread?205820 The visual drag-n-drop looks pretty useful (especially for new computer users--it's just like leafing through a stack op papers), but I'd rather see this being implemented as part of Compiz. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (franz) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205821 http://osnews.com/thread?205821 > Mandriva-2007.0-One-Metisse.i586.iso (701MB, MD5).

Can't burn to CD with this iso, 701MB>700 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vnpenguin) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205822 http://osnews.com/thread?205822 I've played with the Metisse set up before. Big Linux 2.0 had it on their liveCD. Unfortunately it was all in Portuguese. But it was kind of cool. This was a long time ago though, nice to see someone else using it, though is Mandriva just using it so that they're not another "Me too!" on compiz / beryl? Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (leech) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205824 http://osnews.com/thread?205824 Use DVD-R? Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205830 http://osnews.com/thread?205830 Hmm... I usually don't have problems burning cd's with ISO files slightly larger than 700 MB. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dylansmrjones) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205833 http://osnews.com/thread?205833 Available under the General Public Licence exclusively for Linux....

I thought Linux is all about freedom? Sry, GNU/Linux. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (antik) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205836 http://osnews.com/thread?205836 Linux will certainly have the best looking desktop and with the most choices available. With Beryl/Compiz and now Metisse, it's finally happening for desktop Linux. While many of these 3D desktop effects are superfluous eye candy with no real added value, they do LOOK cool. And if there's one thing Microsoft and Apple have proven, form (i.e., eye candy) wins out over function hands down. Take the iPod for example: there are many mp3 players on the market that beat it in features and functionality but none of them have captured the "coolness" factor like Apple's offering. Having a lot of options is good early on as it promotes competition and rapid development. Soon, however, the creme de la creme will be adopted and the rest will simply fade away. May the best features win! I completely expect Metisse functionality to be present in a not-too-distant version of Compiz or Beryl. Mandriva has at least introduced this to the masses for bug testing and improvement. Good job Mandriva!Edited 2007-01-25 20:54 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (cmost) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205841 http://osnews.com/thread?205841 Apple doesn't just have eye candy. They have a sense of a clean style and smoothness that's not easy to match. They have whole armies of professional photoshop users and Hollywood behind them. They know what's the "in" thing. Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ari-free) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205844 http://osnews.com/thread?205844 Exclusive is the right word! Until you port it, it can only run on X/Linux Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Beta) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205959 http://osnews.com/thread?205959 Metisse predates compiz and beryl by at least 6 months, probably more. Big Linux 2.1 had it.

http://www.biglinux.com.br/ Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (leech) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?205988 http://osnews.com/thread?205988 And on Mandriva's metisse product page it states:

Available under the GPL Licence and in exclusivity for Mandriva Linux

GPL and exclusivity on some distro don't walk too well together:) Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hurtta) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206076 http://osnews.com/thread?206076 Most CDRs are actually about 703MB. You should be fine... Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (markbrophy) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206083 http://osnews.com/thread?206083 Burned and booted fine, but said my machine didn't support the 3D Desktop effects... weird because i tried a Mandriva 2007 LiveCD a couple of months ago and worked then (wasn't Metisse of course). The laptop has an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DaaT) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206116 http://osnews.com/thread?206116 I still love BeOS because of it's superior window managment and interface. But many people say it doesn't look good anymore, IMO it's a very simple and clean interface. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Nutela) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206133 http://osnews.com/thread?206133 They probably mean that Mandriva Linux is the only to integrate that at the moment. Not that it will stay the only one in the futur. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (boklm) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?206385 http://osnews.com/thread?206385 It seems somewhat related to the "Focus follows mouse" principle, at least the focused window shall not be toplevel.
This is a peculiarity of X windows ( I remember I first saw it more than 10 years ago on OpenLook Sun Sparc workstations...), I miss it daily at work with Windows.

Is there any poll on the ratio of users of "focus follows mouse" versus "click to focus" on Linux ? Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Treza) Comments