Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 cube rotated - 504k, which is why I didn't embed it desktop without the cube rotated. 425k I wanna see either Vista or Leopard do this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 What are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 That would be Linux. Ubuntu 7.10 to be specific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 That would be Linux. Ubuntu 7.10 to be specific I'm running Debian on one of my machines right now. I've been thinking of making the leap to Ubuntu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Ok, it is beautiful.Is it convenient ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 I like it. It just works if you want it to or you can dig into it as deep as you want. Ubuntu's not as bleeding edge as Debian unstable but is a little newer than the stable branch. I had to wait for 7.10 before I could connect to my Vista box. Debian unstable has had the right version of samba for months, but I didn't wanna go outside Ubuntu repositories just to fix it. I kinda like it - and if you're into audio then Ubuntu Studio is killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Ok, it is beautiful. Is it convenient ? It is for me. My Windows box is just taking up space these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 I kinda like it - and if you're into audio then Ubuntu Studio is killer. Yeah... I'm looking at an audio/video production workstation. It's either Ubuntu, or a Mac Pro. I've always liked the price of Linux over Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HackedByChinese! Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Vista has a similar compositing window manager, so I imagine that 3d effects such as that aren't impossible (I seem to remember a third party app that gave you this functionality on Vista, actually.) Can't comment on OS X. Compiz/Beryl is fun, but it overshadows how nice Gnome can be. I much prefer default Gnome to Vista or OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Vista has a similar compositing window manager, so I imagine that 3d effects such as that aren't impossible (I seem to remember a third party app that gave you this functionality on Vista, actually.) Can't comment on OS X. Compiz/Beryl is fun, but it overshadows how nice Gnome can be. I much prefer default Gnome to Vista or OS X. Yeah, there's an application called DeskSpace that'll give you a 3d cube in XP or Vista but the cube only rotates in one plane. One advantage it has over Compiz is you can use different wallpaper for each face of the cube. Gnome is nice - it's my favorite window manager. Second for me is xfce, which is fast but a little short on features. Compiz is kinda fun as long as you don't overdo it Anything but the bloatware that is KDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WillPlay4food Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 So, what does this rotating cube give you? Is each side a virtual desktop and you can spin the cube to whichever desktop you want to activate? I'm trying to figure out how this is useful beyond the Ooh-Aah, eyecandy!!1! aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 So, what does this rotating cube give you? Is each side a virtual desktop and you can spin the cube to whichever desktop you want to activate? That's exactly right. The rest is all eye candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rummy Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Resource hog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HackedByChinese! Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Resource hog? You need a good graphics card, since all of that fancy processing is done on the GPU, but it won't slow down your system in normal use. A good amount of memory doesn't hurt, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members allan grossman Posted November 2, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Actually it ain't bad. edit: I had gimp, firefox and system monitor running when I captured the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super_Donut_Man Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Mine is a negative of Chuck Norris holding a shotgun in a western outfit with a mullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rcz Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 Yeah... I'm looking at an audio/video production workstation. It's either Ubuntu, or a Mac Pro. I've always liked the price of Linux over Mac. i have ubuntu on a dual boot system with XP. i have an echo mia sound card, and i had to compile the drivers into the kernel to get it to work. and now it doesn't work again. call me lazy (probably true) or not smart enough (definitely true), but i really like having drivers made and installed for me. that said, when i get around to it, i will be trying 64studio -- it has native support for my sound card. still, i have enough years with sonar that i do all my recording in XP. ubuntu is a very comfortable environment for those ingrained in windows, though. robb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted November 2, 2007 Members Share Posted November 2, 2007 cube rotated - 504k, which is why I didn't embed itdesktop without the cube rotated. 425k I wanna see either Vista or Leopard do this I remember seeing BeOS playing video on each side of a rotating cube 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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