This would be great when doing live demos during a talk at some conference. People would be entertained by these effects, even if they are just for show and 'purely for aesthetic purposes'.
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#32I actually kind of want to use GNOME just for this now. Call me crazy but little novelties like this are part of what make computers fun.
That's really it-- it's a waste of resources, but it's such a tiny amount that all these effects are almost free. There's no point in not having a little fluff that makes the experience a bit more fun.
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#34This is really cool!
Typed from my KDE desktop, with wobbly windows and desktop cube effects. Desktop computing should be fun.
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#35Compiz 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, "nerd"/"geek"-something maybe?). 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.
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#36Compiz 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.
Bragging about wobbly windows was the best thing ever. I'm glad I'm not alone!
I still use wobbly windows on KDE and it fills me with warm nostalgia.
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#37I love Linux because it creates a space for stuff like this to take place. That said, i3 is enough glitz for me (and it's pretty much none).
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#38I actually kind of want to use GNOME just for this now. Call me crazy but little novelties like this are part of what make computers fun.
Feels like GNOME Plus!
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#39>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 don't think many people will contribute with a rule like that Why do you think that is?
I don't even know how to type an emoji on my computer
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#40Earlier 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
the cube was straight up useful as a visual cue since you can animate it faster and still know what's going on - I find the slide more confusing at speed.