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btw, I haven't tried it yet since I'm on my work computer, but if anyone is wondering about the authenticity/integrity of the download, I'm assuming it's safe since it was recommended by the official windows magazine:

http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/US/05582469247438396008/have-four-desktops-at-once-and-wow-your-friends-with-the-coolest-mod-around.html

Pretty cool, but it lacks the polish of Compiz. The animations are too quick and somewhat jerky, and there's painfully considerable lag between the keypresses and the rotation.

In case anyone was wondering the windows aren't live.

If you're a Vista user this ( http://www.codeplex.com/vdm ) is a better Virtual desktop manager as far as I'm concerned.

cube = 4 sides?

Yeah, linux nerds will never have anything as cool as this. [/*****]
http://www.beryl-project.org/features.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRfM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_(window_manager)

Let me know when Windows gets an even remotely comparable desktop interface. Beryl eats Aero (Vista) and Aqua (OS X) for breakfast.

@ deltabourne

I'm a windows user but I can assure you Linux has been doing this and so much more advanced graphical stuff for a long time now. Beryl with emerald effects can only be appreciated when seen and there is nothing for Windows that match's it.

Unfortunately, no matter what side of the cube you land on, you're still taken back to Microsoft Windows. :D

i'll keep my beryl goodness, thank you.

Wow that's cool, you can work on multiple tasks at the same time...kind of like a task manager or something...don't we already have that?

Not even half as cool as Beryl/Compiz, not even half.

Seems like it's overloded...

503 Service Temporarily Overloaded
The requested URL '/index.php?en/Download' is temporarily overloaded. Please try again later.
thttpd-TOF

Anyone got a mirror of the download?

Alt-Tab works fine.

@coldpheonix
It will not be a cube because your desktop is not square, it usually a 4:3 aspect ratio for standard monitors. You put 4 rectangles in a cube formation, and then the top and bottom will be square, no fit, see..

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:http://chsalmon.club.fr/index.php?en/Download#Yodm3D for the download mirror

@jiggidy

yeah, google cache is great, but of course wont allow you to download right now

I installed it and I was very impressed - smooth and aesthetically pleasing.

However, after spinning between the 4 desktops for 5 minutes I was at a loss for when I would ever use it. Perhaps handy for people who need a lot open at once; but as a pretty average PC user (iTunes, Firefox, uTorrent, VLC, MSN are used most regularly) I can't really see too much practicality in it.

Nice concept though, and well implemented. Hence dugg.

This is unnecessary...just use AltDesk.

http://www.astonshell.com/altdesk/

http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/US/05582469247438396008/spin.png
Check out the digg rss feed in the image from vista magizine

Heh heh, I already have Linux on my PC. No need to download (Insert cheesy grin here)

I'll take Ubuntu+Beryl thank you.

Don't judge this based on videos on youtube. They all sucked, it's much smoother and better looking than those... No idea how you can mess up videos so bad.

That said, it's of course nowhere close to Beryl. Actually I don't even think they should be compared, since Beryl is a full 3D desktop full of functionallity. This on the other hand is basically a very simple virtual desktop manager with a nice 3D interface. If you compare it to other virtual desktop managers out there for windows it's not so bad.

Just installed on Dell Latitude D610
Pentium M 1.74ghz
512MB RAM
No fancy video acceleration.

Everything is flying.

"503 Service Temporarily Overloaded"

Must be running on a Windows server.
They should try Linux and run Beryl

Ubuntu + Beryl = Red Pill

Ive got linux, and i cant truthfully say that Beryl increases productivity.
On my Windows machine Alt + Tab is just as fast if not faster, and with the power toy 'task switch' it even gets a "slight" GUI.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Everyone who's saying this lags should really check their computers out. With 256mb of ram it's instantaneous for me.

I've got ubuntu set up as a 2nd OS with Beryl running. Echoing some other comments, what's the point? Some have spoken about its rich features, what are these rich features? How do these features improve productivity, or at least prove mildly useful? All I've seen it do is make "the cube", which simply rotates open apps on your desktop. How is that any more useful than minimizing to the system tray or the alt-tab functionality of Vista?

I'm not trying to bash it, clearly there has to be something I'm missing from my limited play with it. I'd just like to hear some specifics of what features they find useful.

I'm surprised their server isn't down yet. I'm getting ~4.5KB/sec. Anyone tried this program?

Now Beryl needs to get hypercubes to stay one dimension ahead of windows.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/8-cell.gif

I tried the windows powertoys multi-desktops, and really tried to make it work. The problem was that one or two of the desktops would vanish from the list, even though the apps on them were still up and running (albeit hidden from sight). It's probably because I never turn my PC off, so I notice these things more than people who reboot fresh every day or two. I'll try this new one and see how it goes.

I just tried it on my XP machine. Its flipping awesome (pardon the pun).

just a note... a cube has 6 sides, not 4.

How do you get it to run in english? drop down menu only has french

Looks like it works similarly to 3ddesktop ( a linux app that allowed a cube desktop switcher long before Compiz/Beryl )

It is still nice for those that just want the 3D cube but can do without the rest of the Beryl bloat

The package is named simply "3ddesktop" in most distributions if you want to try it out.

looks cool...but how can i enable 4 desktops in Vista ??...right now I just have one.

Anybody think that a 2 ghz processor with a gig of ram running vista will run that pup without any trouble?

Is it a memory hog?

Like Beryl, it's a nice toy. It was uninstalled 30 secs later.

This is the program that my students like to use in order to change screens quickly away from their games... so that I don't catch them during class.

Does this use Windows 2000 desktops, or its own system?

well, this might be a noob question, but how do i get multiple desktops in windows(vista to be specific)?

What happened to multiple monitors setups? I'd rather be able to see all my screens at once instead of flipping through them.

I got beryl but it took my friend 3 hours to get it and linux itself to run on my Dell Inspiron 700m. And it also doesn't recognize my network card. But hey when the CPU is only running the terminal, it's freakin fast!

The best use for this softy would be to use it as a portable app and run it from on a pen drive......i tested it on three systems and works great so far......

I only like Linux for servers and development, but for home use, I like to stick with Windows, as its what I know best, its simple, quick, and easy...

But anyway, this app SUX! I've seen a better one before which I've run, looks exacly like Beryl....