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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