Comments on: Metacity beats compiz-fusion :P http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/ Everybody is looking for something Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:20:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Hypnogogic » Tumble » Links du jour http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5432 Hypnogogic » Tumble » Links du jour Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:08:17 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5432 [...] dagus.org » Metacity beats compiz-fusion [...] [...] dagus.org » Metacity beats compiz-fusion [...]

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]]> By: dagus.org » Improved composite performance (without compiz) http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5391 dagus.org » Improved composite performance (without compiz) Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:24:54 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5391 [...] got back to the plain old metacity till I found that a composite manager was being developed inside metacity. It worked good (better than compiz-fusion) but still eats some additional [...] [...] got back to the plain old metacity till I found that a composite manager was being developed inside metacity. It worked good (better than compiz-fusion) but still eats some additional [...]

]]> By: freshi http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5153 freshi Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:09:55 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5153 Great, thanks! I've got some troubles with compiz and my ATI card and this solution gives me exactly what I want... No wobbly windows, cubes and stuff - just some nice shadows which makes the desktop much clearer a nice looking task switcher and last but not least a working solution! Great, thanks! I’ve got some troubles with compiz and my ATI card and this solution gives me exactly what I want… No wobbly windows, cubes and stuff - just some nice shadows which makes the desktop much clearer a nice looking task switcher and last but not least a working solution!

]]> By: Usando o novo metacity no GNOME. « Hamacker’s Palace http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5119 Usando o novo metacity no GNOME. « Hamacker’s Palace Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:03:52 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5119 [...] Se estiver disposto em instalar, colocarei aqui os passos que foram descritos em http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/. [...] [...] Se estiver disposto em instalar, colocarei aqui os passos que foram descritos em http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/. [...]

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]]> By: Metacity beats compiz-fusion | {buhay sysad} http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5114 Metacity beats compiz-fusion | {buhay sysad} Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:33:14 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5114 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: gus http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5108 gus Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:59:52 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5108 I only really use one or two effects of compiz, like expose, alt+tab with previews and zoom. The fact that metacity is a simple wm and was made to 'just work' doesn't stop the developers from developing a simple composite engine with a plugin interface that let the community decide which are the important and useful features that they would like to add. I only really use one or two effects of compiz, like expose, alt+tab with previews and zoom. The fact that metacity is a simple wm and was made to ‘just work’ doesn’t stop the developers from developing a simple composite engine with a plugin interface that let the community decide which are the important and useful features that they would like to add.

]]> By: Nate http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5107 Nate Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:29:12 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5107 It's not 'competing'. That's what the :P is ment for. It's called a 'joke'. The thing is is that Metacity is designed for simplicity. It's a minimal Window manager with sane defaults. It's designed for people that don't want to spend their evenings configuring window managers or dealing with configuring half-finished or conflicting functionality. Through it's history Gnome has learned that overly-complex Window managers are difficult for users to deal with. Originally Gnome used Sawfish, which still surpasses Compiz in a lot of geeky ways, but it's to much. Most people don't want to deal with it. So Metacity's design goals are basicly to 'just work' and 'stay out of the way'. Functionality in Metacity is backed up with standards. The ICCCM and EWMH are to standards for Window managers that allow third party scripting tools like wmctrl or devilspy to work with Metacity. Also those standards are what allows you to successfully run other Windows Managers like OpenBox or Compiz with a simple --replace command line switch in Gnome. So Metacity has it's place as the default WM. Compiz is used for bling and other WM's have their advantages. Everybody wins. And remember composited desktops have features that go beyond bling. With good drivers they have superior performance over regular WMs. The composited desktop makes running X over networks work better. That sort of thing. Personally I tried Metacity's compositing features a few months ago and was dissapointed that they didn't work. Hopefully this fixes it. It’s not ‘competing’. That’s what the :P is ment for. It’s called a ‘joke’.

The thing is is that Metacity is designed for simplicity. It’s a minimal Window manager with sane defaults. It’s designed for people that don’t want to spend their evenings configuring window managers or dealing with configuring half-finished or conflicting functionality.

Through it’s history Gnome has learned that overly-complex Window managers are difficult for users to deal with. Originally Gnome used Sawfish, which still surpasses Compiz in a lot of geeky ways, but it’s to much. Most people don’t want to deal with it.

So Metacity’s design goals are basicly to ‘just work’ and ’stay out of the way’.

Functionality in Metacity is backed up with standards. The ICCCM and EWMH are to standards for Window managers that allow third party scripting tools like wmctrl or devilspy to work with Metacity. Also those standards are what allows you to successfully run other Windows Managers like OpenBox or Compiz with a simple –replace command line switch in Gnome.

So Metacity has it’s place as the default WM. Compiz is used for bling and other WM’s have their advantages. Everybody wins.

And remember composited desktops have features that go beyond bling. With good drivers they have superior performance over regular WMs. The composited desktop makes running X over networks work better. That sort of thing.

Personally I tried Metacity’s compositing features a few months ago and was dissapointed that they didn’t work. Hopefully this fixes it.

]]> By: Hank http://dagus.org/2007/11/28/metacity-beats-compiz-fusion-p/#comment-5106 Hank Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:44:10 +0000 http://dagus.org/?p=72#comment-5106 If your computer can't handle compiz, it's not worth it anyway. Metacity will never even come close to competing. If your computer can’t handle compiz, it’s not worth it anyway. Metacity will never even come close to competing.

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