Compiz

[Steven Vollom]

On Tuesday 17 February 2009 1:57:47 pm Mark Greenwood wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 February 2009 17:04:31 Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > Today I had a look at a few videos on the internet about compiz and
> > kubuntu. Well, I agree that there is some very clever programming
> > evident and it all looks quite pretty, but apart from all that, is there
> > really any advantage to it? Or is it just an example of what the
> > Americans call 'eye candy'?
> >
> > I use Hardy Heron so I suspect it would be a bit tricky to install it
> > and get it running properly anyway. At the moment I can't see the point
> > of bothering. Would it be better to wait for the new version of Kubuntu
> > due out in April if I did decide to try it out?
> >
> > Just wondering
> >
> > Neil Winchurst
>
> It does have some useful features - being able to 'zoom out' so all windows
> (and indeed all desktops) are visible is something I used a lot. Then it
> has a lot of features which seem as though they ought to be useful but turn
> out not to be (like group and tab windows) and then it has a whole load of
> stuff that really is just eye candy and, for me at least, becomes annoying
> after a while. I'm now using KDE 4.2 and am using the equivalent useful
> features there. I don't miss Compiz, although it was good for showing off
> for a while :)
>
> Mark

Guys,

I am a fine-artist, that is just an identifer, not a judgment.  I have 
dedicated 60 years of my life to art.  As for professions it is the most 
important in my thinking.  At least to me.  Eye candy is an understandable 
term, but to an artist, it is the value of their life.

If you can during your life, go to the grand canyon here in the US. Standing 
on the rim, you will then think it should always be spelled the GRAND CANYON, 
beauty beyond description.

Everything that is beautiful  is a good thing.  Harmony, balance, things like 
that are the terms of beauty.  It doesn't take much to see it's value over 
the residue of a hurricane and things like.

To me, Kubuntu already is, but Compiz is just a little bit of a great sunset 
in an industrial neighborhood.  Shoot, if I had charge, you would paint works 
of art on the case and decorate the rim of the monitor.  I would sculpt the 
mouse.  I mean no criticism to other views, I just thought you might enjoy 
how an artist thinks about things.

Steven