I thought I'd start a thread so that people can post screenies of their desktops. Here's my Arch linux install running (what I believe to be the latest snapshot of) Beryl. Note the 3D windows on the left, set off from the face of the transparent cube. Please let me know what you think. I'm still struggling to find a wallpaper that goes well with the background image
Even better, a linux specific thread: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=116016 That's pretty funky there shagbag, I've not tried Beryl yet, what kind of hardware are you running it on?
[n00b@archlinux ~]$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce Go 7600] (rev a1) 04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 05:04.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 05:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) [n00b@archlinux ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1662.588 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 3328.86 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 1662.588 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 3325.10
i think a simple would have answered the question But thanks that is quite cool but i see it requires quite heavy hardware.
Yes. OK. Wasn't sure how much you wanted AIGLX+Beryl does not need heavy hardware. It runs fine on my hardware but it also works well on my Pentium M with ATi Radeon Mobility 7500 (32MB of VRAM). The slight performance drop is hardly noticable - noticable mind you, but only just. The key thing is having direct rendering (DRI) working. The ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 is a DirectX7.0 GPU (4 year old technology). If your GPU is newer then enabling DRI should be a breeze - it's usually done for you by either the open source video drivers ('nv' or 'ati' or 'i801') or the closed source (proprietary) video drivers ('nvidia' or 'fglrx'). To check, run Code: glxinfo | grep 'rendering' and it will say either Yes or No. AIGLX ships natively with Xorg7.1. You only have to make (from my hazy memory) 2 modifications to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf. If you're using an earlier version of X then you should look into using XGL rather than AIGLX - they give the same result If you don't know which version of X you're using, look in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and you'll see it right at the top. If you've got an ATi card, you have my condolences. You can't use AIGLX for now; you must use XGL. You should also know that if you use the open source drivers, transparency is still rendered on the CPU. So if you want transparent effects, things may be slow depending on the power of your CPU. If you don't use transparency then you'll get the full 3D acceleration experience Not all ATi cards are supported by fglrx (ATi's proprietary linux driver). You can check to see if yours is, on the ATi web site. If you've got an nVidia card things are a lot better (viz. you can use AIGLX for a start!)
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_AIGLX http://gentoo-wiki.com/Beryl i installed beryl in less than an hours yesterday and everything work fine on my 9100IGP with the open source radeon driver (the prop driver do not suport my card at all). Almost no lagg, littel longer than fluxbox, but not that muxh (10 sec more at boot). I have only one question, where can i set the maximise effect duration, it alyas stop after 1 seconde event if the animation is not over. I dont find this parameter.
You've probably found it by now, but if you haven't right click on the beryl icon and open beryl settings and play around with it until you find what you're looking for.
i dont find this setting, i think its a bug. The time of this animation is always different depending of the application (not the size). It can be a refrech problem.
Meh, Compiz-Quinnstorm was better with only a few effects which actually made a difference. I hate that bloody name as well...
You probably already know, but for the benefit of anyone else reading this thread, Beryl IS Compiiz-Quinnstorm. Quinnstorm still leads the Beryl project but her repos are now solely Beryl, ie. she no longer maintains her repos for Compiz. Remember: 'Compiz-Quinnstorm' was just the Quinnstorm repositories of the Compiz window manager. Beryl is a different window manager but is based on the original Compiz (Beryl is a fork of Compiz). You can still download and install Compiz if you want to (check the SuSE forums for directions), but you'll find there are less effects available in Compiz than there are in Beryl.
Sorry, my post probably should've been more clear, I was referring to Beryl (Compiz-Quinnstorm) and the inclusion of amny pointless (And, IMO ugly) effects like burn. I still use Beryl, but tons of the effects are turned off as I find them pretty damn pointless.
np. Have you tried Enlightenment (www.get-e.org)? While it's not compatible with Beryl, it's very impressive from an eye-candy to resources ratio perspective and IMHO better than xfce+Beryl in this regard. If you're turning off most of Beryl's effects I'd recommend you give Enlightenment a try.
I tried E a while ago and I hated it, I think I'll stick with Gnome for now. When I say I turn off a lot of the effects I mean things like rain/water and stupid minimising effects. Things like window fades when creating/destroying windows I keep on. Also, I like Beryl because it's all done through the graphics card, unlike E which I imagine uses a similar system to other WMs.
