Silent-Hunter
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One, can I use twm (Tom's Window Manager) on the Pandora?
Two, can I use Compiz?
Two, can I use Compiz?
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Vitel
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Sure, why not?
Compiz, no. I'm pretty sure Compiz is just a window decorator or something to that effect, rather than a full window manager.
Plus it's resource hungry for something as tiny as the Pandora. Xcompmgr, though, that's a different story. I think I've seen screenshots here of someone sporting it.
Plus it's resource hungry for something as tiny as the Pandora. Xcompmgr, though, that's a different story. I think I've seen screenshots here of someone sporting it.
Silent-Hunter
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Cool. I have this on my PC, and it's great! Very retro!
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I don't think compiz would be too good for this, on further thought.
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Really? Compiz cube with the nubs?
urjaman
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I would totally use it, but only in public
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I would totally use it, but only in public
LOL on all my Linux desktops I have compiz configured and ready to go, but by default they run metacity. It is just a compiz --replace away
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It's not that, I'm worried about taxing the processor too much.
Something like Xcompmgr-dana and that one 'minimalistic' (pah!) 3d cube application could work. I think it might be called 3dcube. But 3dcube at least would most likely need an opengl wrapper. Xcompmgr uses software compositing, I think.
kaprikawn
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I read a while ago about Compiz being rewritten for use with Wayland which Ubuntu is migrating to I think to replace X.
I have to profess a bit of ignorance in this area so apologies if this is a noob question but is Wayland, and subsequently Compiz using Wayland, a possibility in the future for the Pandora?
Indeed, is it even desirable (I really have only a rough understanding of what it is and what it means)?
I have to profess a bit of ignorance in this area so apologies if this is a noob question but is Wayland, and subsequently Compiz using Wayland, a possibility in the future for the Pandora?
Indeed, is it even desirable (I really have only a rough understanding of what it is and what it means)?
Pretty sure the use of Wayland won't effect what kind of renderer software uses. That's sort of like thinking that since Windows 2000 and Windows 7 have such different graphical servers are so extremely different (just in this example, I mean. I don't have a lot of experience with Windows), programs won't use DirectX.
I don't think the use of Wayland will have an effect on the use of OpenGL in any programs.
Now, the GPU in the Pandora is capable of running OpenGL-using programs (I'm not sure what versions though. Maybe just 1.1?) but our driver doesn't support it. It's just a hardware feature for now that we, uh, can't use. :unsure:
I don't think the use of Wayland will have an effect on the use of OpenGL in any programs.
Now, the GPU in the Pandora is capable of running OpenGL-using programs (I'm not sure what versions though. Maybe just 1.1?) but our driver doesn't support it. It's just a hardware feature for now that we, uh, can't use. :unsure:
XxionxX
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It's probably to processor intensive but the Compiz cube would kick ass! I would be like * trollface * wanna see my Pandora? Them: "WTF IS THAT!! I WANT ONE!!"
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Yannick
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IF hell freeze over and we get a nice clean modern (kernel api stuff) driver for our graphics card, it should work (this means: right now => no way)
Wayland is designed to make it easier/more efficient to make *Bling* desktops, so if someone wants to replace XFCE with something sexier, Wayland wouldbe what you want
off-coarse i am not a graphics-driver programmer
