Anyone else miss that handy tray applet that Beryl used to have? I mainly used it to turn desktop effects off if I have was having video issues, or if I wanted a bit of a speed boost. Ubuntu tips site Tombuntu highlights an app called Compiz-Switch which has the same functionality. Just install, start, [...]
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A reader/listener named Ron emailed out a link this morning to a cool site called LinTube. Apparently, they just mine Youtube for the all cool linux vids so you don’t have to. I’m liking that! Lots of cool Beryl vids, Linux gadgets, and even some useful how-to’s. Thanks Ron!
LinTube
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The Ubuntu Tips blog suggests using the XFCE window manager as a replacement for Compiz and Metacity in GNOME. From the original post:
If you can’t get compiz to work on your machine, or you just to run a compositing window manager with shadows and true transparency without having to deal with hangs and memory [...]
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People are talking a lot lately about the various ways of emulating the MacOS X Dock. Standouts in discussion include Engage (for the Enlightenment window manager), Kiba-dock, and the Avant Window Navigator. All these are great works-in-progress, and include a lot of juicy eyecandy, but in the end, most are less than stable or (in [...]
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We all the love the cube. It looks cool; it’s great for impressing the non-Linux user population. But think about it…can’t you move so much quicker from workspace to workspace just by clicking on the GNOME/KDE pager? And if this what you’re already doing, why not enable a Beryl plugin that will actually improve [...]
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