Compiz Gets Thumbs-Up for Gutsy Gibbon

Da Chronic writes "After a vigorous debate at the last Ubuntu Technical Board meeting, the board decided to ship Ubuntu 7.10 with Compiz enabled by default. The decision was made despite the fact that Compiz still has some significant issues relating to drivers and Xorg. 'For instance, there are some problems — like accelerated video playback issues with Intel drivers — that can only be resolved by using the EXA accelerated rendering framework which is still not ready yet. When asked why Intel isn't addressing the driver issue, technical board member Mathew Garrett explained that "Intel are working on the basis that composited desktops won't be ready for rolling out until EXA is stable enough anyway, so it's not a concern [for them].' In the end, all but one member voted to include Compiz in Gutsy."

Re:What's worrying me...

[everphilski]

What name will they use for the release that comes after the "zesty zebra" release?!?

anonymous anorexic anacondas

Re:Compiz is...?

[mrchaotica]

It's like Beryl. Hope that helps! ; )

Re:Compiz is...?

[eln]

This is simply unacceptable behavior for a Slashdot reader. You never admit that you were wrong, and you certainly never apologize. Next time, reply with something like "The article was Slashdotted, you insensitive clod!"

I'll forgive you this time, though.

Re:i for one

[Anonymous Coward]

> welcome our gusty gisbo overlords.

We set AC up with the perfect opportunity for a Goatse Gibbon, or a Gutsy Goatse, or a Goatse's Guts, and he swings and misses.

*sigh*

General public

[general_public]

general public is not going to buy into this.

Actually I love Ubuntu and am looking forward to upgrading to Gutsy when it comes out.

s/compiz/kwin/

[DreadSpoon]

You realize that Kwin is including all of the 3D graphical foofah in new versions, right? Compiz is a WM that you can swap out with Metacity (or anything else) whenever you want, but your desktop is coming with the special effects built-in to the default window manager.

Thankfully, you're using KDE, so you'll have at least 8 checkboxes to disable it. ;)

Re:View from the bottom

[sharkey]

They won't care about bloat until they are running their own network.

Or until they find it in one of the hookers you mentioned.

Re:Compiz is...?

[QuantumRiff]

Guide to Slashdot Etiquette

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Funny Beats Intelligent comments any day.. (see this comment for reference, which is also a reference to the next rule!)

Last and most important, always try to Karma Whore!

PureEyeSugar

[Nosklo]

OOOOOHHH!!! My Eyes! They have Diabetis now! Too much candy!!

Re:What's worrying me...

[jemenake]

What name will they use for the release that comes after the "zesty zebra" release?!?

"[rusty [urmudgeon", followed by "/ntelligent /rma", and then "]azzy ]ason".

Re:Ubuntu

[digital_rich]

So does your mom... troll.

Re:Ubuntu

[sootman]

Sorry, I don't have time to read your whole post. Could you summarize your thoughts for me please?

Re:What's worrying me...

[sootman]

I'm just happy this release wasn't 'glistening goatse'. *shudder*

Re:Ubuntu

[Anonymous Coward]

Could you summarize your thoughts for me please?

Microsoft gave me $$$

Re:Does Beryl = Compiz now?

[Anonymous Coward]

Too bad they choose the wrong name. Barrel sounds way better than cumpiss.

Yer Maw

[Dogtanian]

So does your mom... troll.

I find it strange that this comment was modded "informative".

Mainly because I doubt there's anyone out there that *doesn't* know that his mom sucks :-)