"Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington recently demonstrated the BulletProof-X feature that is planned for inclusion in Ubuntu 7.10. BulletProof-X provides a failsafe mode which will ensure that users never have to manually configure their graphics hardware settings from the command line."
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Member since:2005-07-23
One fundamental feature of Compiz/Fusion, is that sleeping applications get dark, instead of repeating everything over it. Without Compiz/Fusion, applications seem to mess up graphically, not responding, so that other applications gets repainted onto the canvas of the sleeping application. Making it darker, as in Compiz/Fusion, is much much more intuitive for the average user.
Member since:2005-08-18
"One fundamental feature of Compiz/Fusion, is that sleeping applications get dark, instead of repeating everything over it."
This feature of compiz annoys me quite a bit, mainly because it occurs seemingly at random (i know it isnt, but it looks like it is). Sometimes windows with no activity gets dark then they illuminate again even though nothing visual has actually happened.
"Without Compiz/Fusion, applications seem to mess up graphically"
With Compiz/Fusion OpenGL apps mess up graphically, at least in my experience on Fedora 7.
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2005-07-24
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Without some of the disgusting bling, a composited desktop can actually increase usability.
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Without the hype, the instability, and the usability regressions, the additional capabilities that compositing affords could indeed improve the desktop. Especially in really unsexy areas, like helping 1/2 blind people.