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Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by shadowoflight »

joshstrange wrote: post #35
mediocregopher wrote: post #7

Compiz was one of those things I could show off to friends to prove that linux was actually way cooler than any of _their_ operating systems, but since then seems to have been completely forgotten about (at least by me). This was a nice blast from the past.

Almost every foray into linux on the desktop (when I was younger) for me started with seeing a cool video online with window effects (Compiz being the one I remember), installing linux on a new partition, spend the day getting most of my hardware working and playing with Compiz and other cool visualization utils (I can't remember the name of a tool that would add computers stats and whatnot to your desktop background…

> Then after I spent a day getting it all working I'd be staring at my computer and it wouldn't take more than an hour or two to think "Ok, that's cool but I want to play a game" or something else that I couldn't do in linux.

Hah, for me, this was when I started getting deep into WINE and also some of the games available for Linux (SuperTux, that one game where you shoot a ball and it sticks to other balls and if enough of them are the same color they disappear, and some DOOM port).

Re: Burn My Windows

#53

Post by mr_cyborg »

hammock wrote: post #44
marcodiego wrote: post #26

Compiz was probably the single most impactful event for desktop linux of the mid 2000's. Not that it itself made much of a difference, but the ripples affect many areas we take for granted today. A few reasons: - it put linux ahead of windows and mac in terms of appearance; - it brought many new users and most were a good mix technical and enthusiasts; - it showed the advantages of modular software; - many plugins we…

I dont know what Compiz is (not a linux user), but I seem to remember something like this mod existed for Windows in the 90s/00s

Are you remembering Desktop Destroyer[0] perhaps?

0: http://stressreliefpig.com/games/downloadable-desktop/deskto...

Re: Burn My Windows

#54

Post by Isthatablackgsd »

andai wrote: post #11
ogogmad wrote: post #10

Some of these effects might be useful in a presentation. For instance, if your windows break apart into small shards of shiny glass (making a slight noise when doing so) and then disappear, it might be engaging. This sort of thing is common in films like Minority Report.

Ahh, you've brought back fond memories of grade school powerpoint presentations :)

I remember I have to do a presentation for a country that I picked to present for my 9/10th grade history class. My first slide have that blue flaming text as a title that I generated from the flaming text generator website back then.

Re: Burn My Windows

#55

Post by jchw »

hammock wrote: post #44
marcodiego wrote: post #26

Compiz was probably the single most impactful event for desktop linux of the mid 2000's. Not that it itself made much of a difference, but the ripples affect many areas we take for granted today. A few reasons: - it put linux ahead of windows and mac in terms of appearance; - it brought many new users and most were a good mix technical and enthusiasts; - it showed the advantages of modular software; - many plugins we…

I dont know what Compiz is (not a linux user), but I seem to remember something like this mod existed for Windows in the 90s/00s

WindowBlinds had some similar features, but I’m pretty sure Compiz almost immediately did far more. The state of the art third party software on Windows in the 2000s tended to try to emulate Vista Aero on XP, or skin Vista/7 differently but with similar functionality. The Molten theme from WindowBlinds 6 is somewhat reminiscent of burning windows, but I don’t think it actually did that. Maybe at some point you could burn the start menu down, I can’t remember.

Some stuff, like the desktop cube, could be emulated, but not too well. On Compiz, everything was drawing during the animation, showing off the modular compositing that it enabled, whereas most desktop cube toys didn’t update the screen while rotating, making it less impressive.

Re: Burn My Windows

#56

Post by StillBored »

This is cool, but the fact that its written in JS tells me just about everything I need to know about gnome...

JS has its place, using it for systems programming isn't one of them IMHO, since I prefer to have the core of my computation stack slim and fast. I can almost forgive the electron apps their piggyness given the desire to build cross platform, but gnome? Yah, no thanks.

Re: Burn My Windows

#57

Post by istjohn »

netizen-936824 wrote: post #24
canbus wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bragging about wobbly windows was the best thing ever. I'm glad I'm not alone!

Multiple desktops on a rotating cube tho. Shit was straight fire

It wasn't just a gimmick either. Mapping workspaces on to a physical cube makes navigating between workspaces more intuitive and natural. It provides a useful spatial metaphor to latch onto.

Re: Burn My Windows

#58

Post by GaylordTuring »

throwaway889900 wrote: post #2

>You should also start your commit message with one applicable emoji I don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that. Project is neat though.

I was thinking the exact opposite actually. I like how easy you can get a feel for the latest commits just by seeing the emoji, which is excellent! More people should enforce rules like this.

Re: Burn My Windows

#59

Post by joshstrange »

shadowoflight wrote: post #51
joshstrange wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost every foray into linux on the desktop (when I was younger) for me started with seeing a cool video online with window effects (Compiz being the one I remember), installing linux on a new partition, spend the day getting most of my hardware working and playing with Compiz and other cool visualization utils (I can't remember the name of a tool that would add computers stats and whatnot to your desktop background…

> Then after I spent a day getting it all working I'd be staring at my computer and it wouldn't take more than an hour or two to think "Ok, that's cool but I want to play a game" or something else that I couldn't do in linux. Hah, for me, this was when I started getting deep into WINE and also some of the games available for Linux (SuperTux, that one game where you shoot a ball and it sticks to other balls and if eno…

I did the same for sure, played every native linux game there was but at the time most of the game I played were rough under wine. CS: Source, TF2, L4D, and WoW were all pretty hard to get reliably running especially compared to their windows performance (note, this was 2007-2009 range). I still remember a youtube video showing WoW running on Wine and they had Compiz so you could see WoW running then they switched (using the rotating cube transition) to another desktop. The video claimed it was getting higher FPS on Linux+Wine vs Windows so I of course dropped everything to try it.... I did not have similar results.

Re: Burn My Windows

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Post by marcodiego »

shadowoflight wrote: post #51
joshstrange wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost every foray into linux on the desktop (when I was younger) for me started with seeing a cool video online with window effects (Compiz being the one I remember), installing linux on a new partition, spend the day getting most of my hardware working and playing with Compiz and other cool visualization utils (I can't remember the name of a tool that would add computers stats and whatnot to your desktop background…

> Then after I spent a day getting it all working I'd be staring at my computer and it wouldn't take more than an hour or two to think "Ok, that's cool but I want to play a game" or something else that I couldn't do in linux. Hah, for me, this was when I started getting deep into WINE and also some of the games available for Linux (SuperTux, that one game where you shoot a ball and it sticks to other balls and if eno…

> that one game where you shoot a ball and it sticks to other balls and if enough of them are the same color they disappear

Frozen bubble.

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