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- bumcheekcity, on 05/07/2008, -2/+113Utterly useless. I'm installing it now.
- 4DFX, on 05/07/2008, -3/+91The Desktop is not flat. It is actually round!
*hides* - Philluminati, on 05/07/2008, -5/+81and an Atlas desktop background. You could leave all your icons in specific regions, you know, like put the Trash can in France so you know where it is.
- sirhomer, on 05/07/2008, -1/+46This would actually look very interesting with a space skydome.
- ptFoe, on 05/07/2008, -2/+42They need something at the bottom & top of the sphere.
- nightman, on 05/07/2008, -1/+31blasphemy!
- wiresjr, on 05/07/2008, -3/+31Dugg for trashcans in France
- sandiegodude, on 05/07/2008, -2/+29Absolutely amazing! This would increase productivity by leaps and bounds in the fields of tennis ball, soccer ball, golf ball, baseball and basketball research! Sadly, football researchers are unaffected by this breathtaking new technology.
- Balk2K, on 05/07/2008, -1/+27like polar ice caps...
- metalstorm, on 05/07/2008, -1/+25That's because there aren't any points, it's a sphere.
- thelastknowngod, on 05/07/2008, -3/+26this would be cool if they could implement an actual spherical desktop. get rid of different virtual desktops and just have one round space that you can increase the circumference of. that would be awesome.
- OasisGames, on 05/07/2008, -0/+20We can do a single spherical desktop as soon as input redirection comes (because at that point it won't matter where anything is, we'll still be able to pass input to it). However, input redirection has been pushed back an entire year by the Xorg developers. Again.
- courtjester555, on 05/07/2008, -3/+23You can, but you'd be missing the point.
- shrewduser, on 05/07/2008, -1/+19that explains why when i drag icons into the distance, they seem to disappear until all i can see is the top of the icon and then nothing!
- thewump, on 05/07/2008, -0/+17Dude, you don't WORK on it like this, it's when you "rotate" through desktops.
- canthraxp, on 05/07/2008, -1/+15To people that say it's useless: In fact, it is.
The same could be said about the vista Alt+Tab effect, the coverflow effect on Mac OS, etc. It's pure eye candy. - nicktheawesome, on 05/07/2008, -0/+14It's a sphere, there is no point.
- gavintlgold, on 05/07/2008, -1/+14Right now, you can put images there with the same plugin. It currently is not possible to put workspaces there.
- leodavinci, on 05/07/2008, -0/+12You realize it is not meant for you to use the desktop like that permanently? Look up videos of Compiz Fusion on Youtube, with the cube effect. That is what this sphere is meant for, to switch between the multiple virtual desktops, NOT to write a word document while looking at a sphere.
- Gggarth, on 05/07/2008, -4/+16To be an American and still know something ? :)
- ElbertF, on 05/07/2008, -1/+13^ Universe implodes.
- suntzusputnik, on 05/07/2008, -2/+13so what happens when you use google earth while running that?
- diggerpleez, on 05/07/2008, -4/+15To invoke my Texas roots, useless as ***** on a bull.
Personally I would rather see them spending 100% of their energy on making Compiz-Fusion more stable. I have optimistically run it in several distros, and inevitably I end up scrapping it due to random bugginess. - thewump, on 05/07/2008, -1/+12To those who read this and don't know one end of linux from the other, NO, this is NOT the working desktop.. duh! Compiz supports a "cube" type plugin that allows you to use each face as a desktop - you rotate the cube to get to different desktops. This plugin just makes the cube round during that rotation.
- Keithamus, on 05/07/2008, -2/+12Actually a "soccer" ball is not a sphere, its a truncated icosahedron. So it is also unaffected...
- specialK16, on 05/07/2008, -2/+12No, people have been making fun of france since WW2 I think.
- richbleak, on 05/07/2008, -1/+10Are you accusing him of having a long name or something? What are you even talking about?
- xturmn8r, on 05/07/2008, -4/+12"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." -- Cardinal Bellarmine (at Galileo's trial)
- ArachnidDude, on 05/07/2008, -1/+9Next will be a spherical monitor. Then the "Flat is back" desktop on the spherical monitor.
- Knet88, on 05/07/2008, -2/+10Join the dev team, get coding! You're apparently smart enough that you can criticize, you go for it.
- 4321234, on 05/07/2008, -8/+16When this whole Iraq thing started, the general public in France had a higher opinion of the U.S. than in Britain. But the French didn't support war in Iraq, calling ***** on WMD and ties to Al Quaida, etc, so they became ***** in the redneck world. Turns out the French were right, so I guess it's O.K. to quit bashing them any time now.
- ahvi, on 05/07/2008, -0/+8That's actually KDE 4. It is actually quite different looking from Vista, but also uses a dark default theme.
- ShiningSquirrel, on 05/07/2008, -4/+11Looks very cool, but does it really have any practical use?
- vertexoflife, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7...I just got an awesome idea for a plugin...
- Knet88, on 05/07/2008, -2/+8If we can say the same about your comment.
- AzraDarkness, on 05/07/2008, -1/+7Next thing you know they are going to try to convince us that the DESKTOP revolves around the OS. Round Desktop...pfftt..Its flat to hide the bugs!
- weizbox, on 05/07/2008, -0/+6Yes, x.org can.
http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3 - enterneo, on 05/07/2008, -0/+6now shape it like a boob, and i will be happy
- SteveMax, on 05/07/2008, -1/+7A sphere is made of points. No corners though.
- Nougat, on 05/07/2008, -4/+10All this time I've been led to believe that GUI users are lame, and then there's all this crowing about Compiz (or Gnome, or KDE). Make up my mind!
- Knet88, on 05/07/2008, -1/+6KDE FTW.
Used to think Gnome was nice, but KDE allows one to change their settings simply, without a headache.
Gnome can't decide who their audience is. New users or experienced. I think KDE is more interested in taking new users through the paces until they are experienced. Give the user what they want, and what they will want. - canthraxp, on 05/07/2008, -1/+6You can use Emerald themes to customize the borders of the windows, you're not locked down to what the designer wants.
- vertexoflife, on 05/07/2008, -2/+7No...it's just fun. =P Not everything has to be pratical.
- tiuk, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Yeah, I'm.. fine with a cube for my flat desktops.
- diggerpleez, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Here, let me try it this way...
While I really *LOVE* the idea of Compiz-Fusion and would without a doubt like to see infinite numbers of creative offshoots like this, they all end up losing value to me as a user who depends on stability, until the foundation that those creative offshoots rely on is made more solid.
Better? - smartazz, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Sweet, now make it bounce.
- trevorh, on 05/07/2008, -3/+7Why does an article about compiz fusion have to lead to jesus bashing
- micklerlop, on 05/07/2008, -20/+24can I say useless?
- vertexoflife, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5Everything with time, my friend.
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