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- trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Fixed.... Sorry for that... My repository builder didn't update the info in the web space...
- bettermentflux, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I've been using Trevi's Beryl repo for a week or two and it works great - until tonight. This latest update gives me a size mismatch when I go to update beryl-plugins and beryl-plugins-data.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's fixed by the time you read this. - sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Trevino is not random. The official beryl wiki suggests using his repo for the latest svn.
Please see: http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Install/Ubuntu/SVN_Snapshots_Repository - xplodeme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Use Heliodor as your decoration manager, then just apply a metacity theme as always.
- munozm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Your work is appreciated but the summary still made me laugh. Why stop at thousands of users? Saving the world one linux box at a time.
- trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Updated repository...!
New plugins:
- Clone
- Group
;) - Casedot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I tried beryl after using compiz for a while and Beryl was so much smoother. I have a broken vid card too so I am happy as can be with it. The only thing I can complain about is when you move anything around you get the little jagged adges all over the windows, but it isn't _that_ big of a deal, and i am sure on faster cards it works better.
Either that or I don't know how to enable anti-aliasing...
[linux n00b] - sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I am not sure how two people dugg xplodeme down. His answer to the parent is 100% correct. To use metacity themes you must use Heliodor as your decoration manager instead of Emerald.
- frouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5^^You know wrong, Compiz is still an active project. You're right though that the Compiz-Quinn packages separated into a fork called Beryl.
- sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Yeah! Thanks Trev for giving us easy access to the svn! It is much appreciated by many.
- trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No, if anyone want to open a repository for other arch or debian based distros, simply use my makedebs script, and don't wait to ask me if you need help :)
- BigBadger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Thanks Trevi, I've already been able to convert a couple of windoze users because of Beryl. ; )
- NewChar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Yes.
- tonyhartfield, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4can anyone tell me how i can use metacity themes with beryl? it's the only thing stopping me switching from compiz
- bettermentflux, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Thank's for the quick fix and the repo!
- shakin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"I can't help wondering if Compiz is more stable and who controls its code."
I found Compiz to be slower, with less features and less stable. The problem with this repository is that it's a daily snapshot, so you're often going to get unstable and untested code... that's what daily snapshots are for. My advice is to get the snapshots until one works really well, then disable the repository so it won't update. It's not as if you'll usually get large feature changes from one day to the next so there's little point in updating that often.
My Beryl snapshot from about a week ago is rock solid and I'm not going to update until there is something worth updating for. I check the Beryl forums so I know about the major changes. - vedema, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2good stuff, seems to be much snappier than the 0.1.1 version of beryl.
- sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The reason I don't mind using this particular unstable repository is because it is updated daily.
If there is a fatal problem I merely right click the beryl icon in the tray, and disable beryl till the next update, which would be the day after. I never have a problem two days in a row.
And since beryl isn't a system process and handles crashes amazingly gracefully, there is no harm in it crashing the first time or having it disabled for a day. - leszek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2to use the latest beryl packages, use the xeffects overlay:
http://wiki.gentoo-xeffects.org/Overlay - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@ mrmorris:
deb http://compiz-mirror.lupine.me.uk/ edgy main-edgy main-edgy-amd64 - edsonmedina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe because they live in "those countries" outside US.
- shakin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Quinn forked Compiz because Compiz development is slow and closed. She had to submit patches to Compiz, which were almost never (never?) accepted. Novell has been terrible right from the beginning. Remember how they unleashed XGL+Compiz onto the world? They closed development to the community a long time ago and it's still closed. Novell has to live with the fact that both their major contributions to accelerated desktop graphics are being replaced by projects that are more community-focussed. Namely, AiGLX and Beryl.
- trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Have you agreed with Flash license?
It's needed...
Which debconf front-end do you use? I'm using kubuntu but I use the gnome one, it's better
Use sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf to configure it ;) - BionicBeefpile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I actually found and used this repo earlier from work, and it's fantastic... The new burn plugin is nice, and being able to grab this from a repo is even nicer.
Thanks! - trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I was simply realistic :P
I talked reporting the stats I get from my host (tuxfamily, thanks a lot!)...
Anyway I hope to reach always a greater audience :) - trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1UPDATE!!!
Please, update your sources.list as described in the main linked page... I have been forced to change link...!
Bye! - trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mh... Maybe Debian works in that way...
In ubuntu we must wait next release... From What I know, there's no a trusted "shared" repository! - mrmorris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does anyone have a guide, or pointers to how to get Beryl/GLX to work on Edgy Eft 64bit?
- trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What are you referring to? :o
- Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why do people keep refering to Storm Quinn as female? The last screencast I saw of Storm, he was definately a guy. Unless.... crap.... my apologies... :/
- djchester, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I run Fedora core 6 and updates beryl and themes through yum. It works flawlessly! :)
- DelMonte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, being able to use software without compiling? What an incredible concept!
- ultraelite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Umm no support for us Dapper folks?
- encryptz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1trevi55- But there is a way to get Beryl in Ubuntu. It's called creating Debian packages, submitting to Ubuntu, and waiting for it to show up in the repositories. This is a tried and true method that works, is honest and trustworthy.
You are correct though. Using yours or the "official" repo from Beryl are the same. They're both risky, create an opportunity for harmful software, and do absolutely nothing to strengthen the Ubuntu community.
Wanna help? Submit your packages to Ubuntu. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3in me?
- trevi55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1There's no other way to get Beryl in Ubuntu wihout using 3rd party repositories...
Using mine or using the "official" from Beryl it's the same thing... They're always unofficial for Ubuntu. - noseeme, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1What would all of those silly Gentoo users say?
- Jeremy23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Sorry man. This is bleeding-edge Beryl. I would also recommend running it on a bleeding-edge OS. ;)
- tonyhartfield, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1it didn't want to work the last time I attempted it although it was a while ago, I will have another go tomorrow
- encryptz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0It's unfortunate that people are adding unofficial repositories. Did we already forget about:
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=218
http://soijabanaani.net/tmp/the_trevino_story
People: rather than work on your own repository, you should fix bugs, submit patches, create packages, and help the Ubuntu with the official repositories. What you don't realize that you are doing, when you add an unofficial repository to you sources.list is you are giving others access to your system! Viruses aren't a threat for Linux users yet, but adding someone else's repository sure will create the opportunity.
Good luck. - zgerrz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Trevino,
Your non-free flashplugin was updated, and when I carried out the upgrade my flash no longer works.
I tried reinstalling twice and still no go. - regeya, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Yeesh, I'm turning into an old fart. If you'd shown me the neato burning menus in '97 or '98, I'd probably have dropped a load in my pants and have been willing to hand over all my money (at the time, not a lot...wait, that's still true) to make that happen. Now? I want someone to get to work on better photo managers, better other-OS integration, better interfaces without sacrificing features, better use of available resources other than gfx.
I'm getting old! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!! :-D - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Unable to find expected entry beryl-svn/binary-amd64/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Aparently those thousands of users don't include users of 64 bit platforms. - Casedot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1doesn't the beryl theme manager have that in there already? Just drag and drop the theme right?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2my god... it's about time.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Why can't open source people speak English?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Is this the same people who make those marker pens? Or am I thinking of something else? I figured this was the place to ask.
- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3That's what we get for alpha-phase software. I can't help wondering if Compiz is more stable and who controls its code. The Beryl fork has clearly brought some impressive stuff like burnout in windows.
- nazsco, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1You can't buy cutting edge hardware and expect it to work... it would be like, normal
- randomc0de, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1@bettermentflux
Beryl IS Compiz. Compiz was taken up by Quinn Storm and named compiz-quinn. A while ago, Compiz development was killed and compiz-quinn was taken up as the official development. To avoid confusion (and it worked... you have no idea they're the same thing), they renamed it to "Beryl". Same underlying code being modified/added to. As far as I know, there's no real Compiz anymore, you can of course get old versions, but Beryl is it.
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