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Thursday, February 26, 2009

The coolest distro ever! | Linux and Open Source | TechRepublic.com

What do you think? Guess I'll have to try it out before I decide...

The coolest distro ever!

Jack Wallen reviews Elive Compiz.

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What do you get when you take Debian, add Enlightenment E17 to it, and
then figure out a way to use Compiz as the compositor on top of all of
that? What you get is the coolest distribution ever. What I am talking
about is Elive Compiz.

You may be saying, "But this has already happened." It hasn't. I had
spoken with the originator of Enlightenment, Carsten "Raster" Haitzler,
about hoping to see Compiz working with Enlightenment. He said it
wouldn't happen because Enlightenment already had its own compositor.
And it didn't happen. That is until one of the Elive developers,
Thanatermesis, did some private coding sessions and came up with
Ecomorph. Ecomorph is a special version of Compiz that works with a
special version of E17 that works with Ecomorph.

And work it does. Seamlessly. I have seen "things of beauty" before in
this industry, but this tops them all. If you need proof, check out this
Youtube video. I will appologize for the "uber hip-ness" of the video.
Also, the reason you don't see straight-up screen casts is because
getting screen casts to capture the Compiz compositor is tricky.

Now, what about this Elive Compiz and why should you try it?

Go there...

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=391&tag=nl.e101

YouTube - Elive E17 Compiz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=ES&hl=es&v=cH9WLrcsrx8

Where Debian meets Enlightenment

http://www.elivecd.org/Download/e17-compiz


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