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[edit] New Compiz Logo

The Compiz community had a contest for a new logo. It needs to be put on the Compiz Wikipedia page, doesn't it? You can see the new logo here: http://go-compiz.org/index.php?title=Image:Compiz_final_v.png. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.85.65 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Broken links

All three references to forums.beryl-project.org end up in 404 not found pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.182.69.209 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vista imitation screenshot

I think it's bad taste to show compiz imitating (or, less charitably, "ripping off") someone else's graphic design. Especially since the imitation itself is poor: Vista glass windows actually blur what's under them using pixel shaders, rather than just simple transparency as shown here. And text in Vista glass window borders has a blurred white halo to make it slightly more readable against complex backgrounds, which this imitation doesn't seem to have. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.99.33.106 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 5 March 2007

I think it demonstrates imitation capabilities all right :P --Ysangkok 14:45, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

It says Vista "imitating the Compiz-Beryl interface.". Shouldn't it be the other way around?

I agree with the first poster, but just for the fact that Compiz isn't Aero. So why show it trying to be something it's not when it is actually way more powerful and tweakable?

Completely agreed. Should I take a picture of the film reel mode, alt tab mode, or the expose like mode? Compiz shouldn't be promoted from the 'Linux rips off windows' POV, as it's very untrue. -- Phoeba WrightOBJECTION! 13:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Versions

Debian still has compiz, but no beryl:

apt-cache policy compiz
Installiert:(keine)
Mögliche Pakete:0.2.2-1
Versions-Tabelle:
0.3.6-1 0
1 http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main Packages
0.2.2-1 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
990 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages

Maybe it is interesting to sumarize the changelist to document features in major snapshots. Also compare features missing against beryl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.60.19.106 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Big cleanup required

Second-person, too many lists, unclear focus, reads like a guidebook. Not sure how much of this is valuable. Regardles, the suggested merge is in the wrong direction (compiz is still the parent project) and there's been no recent merge discussion, so I'm untagging this. Chris Cunningham 14:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Compiz/Beryl Merge

On the topic of the merger, the Beryl article says that the merger has been recently changed to say that the merger will maintain the name Compiz. This article still says that the name is undecided. Comments? Mekryd 13:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

LWN said this was basically set last week, a couple of holdouts from the Beryl camp aside. I'd be surprised if the grown-ups let this get in the way. Chris Cunningham 14:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
The Intro and the "Beryl" section still disagree... Mekryd 14:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe the tentative "merging point" is the CompComm project, I really could be wrong though. Uberushaximus 20:22, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

This should be moved to Compiz Fusion, that's the new name. 129.120.159.176 22:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree, we should merge this, the beryl article, and compiz fusion. Lurker (said · done) 16:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] backdraws?

perhaps one should open a section discussing problems occuring with that package? For example, I think its not possible to run GpenGL programs (games, google earth, etc.) within Compiz - what good does a fancy windows manager when it doesnt run my programs anymore? Iridos 17:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

For games you could always open another X, unless you really must play Windowed. I searched around but it seems Beryl can handle GL apps, didn't find anything about Compiz though --62.220.161.10 13:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
works fine here 85.178.31.11 02:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "History"

I think someone should add when Compiz was first released. Put other facts like this in this article. Radicalcentrist1990 04:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Compiz website

The Compiz website hasn't been updated in ages. The latest news item says "Compiz 0.5.2 released". Has it been abandoned? It seems awfully strange that the website for such a high-profile project is receiving so little attention. Herorev 17:14, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

The site is still online, like beryl's one, but it's a slighly out-dated. After beryl-compiz fusion, you can check news on OpenCompositing.org - regards Katanzag 09:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] compiz fusion availabe in debian leeny/sid

compiz-fusion 0.5.2 is avialble in lenny / sid repositories. -- anantshri (talk) 19:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)