Talk:Compiz/Archive 2

New Compiz Logo
The Compiz community had a contest for a new logo. It needs to be put on the Compiz Wikipedia page, doesn't it? You can see the new logo here: http://go-compiz.org/index.php?title=Image:Compiz_final_v.png. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.85.65 (talk • contribs) 00:23, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Broken links
All three references to forums.beryl-project.org end up in 404 not found pages. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.182.69.209 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Vista imitation screenshot
I think it's bad taste to show compiz imitating (or, less charitably, "ripping off") someone else's graphic design. Especially since the imitation itself is poor: Vista glass windows actually blur what's under them using pixel shaders, rather than just simple transparency as shown here. And text in Vista glass window borders has a blurred white halo to make it slightly more readable against complex backgrounds, which this imitation doesn't seem to have. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.99.33.106 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 5 March 2007


 * I think it demonstrates imitation capabilities all right :P --Ysangkok 14:45, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

It says Vista "imitating the Compiz-Beryl interface.". Shouldn't it be the other way around?

I agree with the first poster, but just for the fact that Compiz isn't Aero. So why show it trying to be something it's not when it is actually way more powerful and tweakable?


 * Completely agreed. Should I take a picture of the film reel mode, alt tab mode, or the expose like mode? Compiz shouldn't be promoted from the 'Linux rips off windows' POV, as it's very untrue. -- Phoeba WrightOBJECTION! 13:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Versions
Debian still has compiz, but no beryl:


 * apt-cache policy compiz
 * Installiert:(keine)
 * Mögliche Pakete:0.2.2-1
 * Versions-Tabelle:
 * 0.3.6-1 0
 * 1 http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main Packages
 * 0.2.2-1 0
 * 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
 * 990 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages

Maybe it is interesting to sumarize the changelist to document features in major snapshots. Also compare features missing against beryl —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.60.19.106 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Big cleanup required
Second-person, too many lists, unclear focus, reads like a guidebook. Not sure how much of this is valuable. Regardles, the suggested merge is in the wrong direction (compiz is still the parent project) and there's been no recent merge discussion, so I'm untagging this. Chris Cunningham 14:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Compiz/Beryl Merge
On the topic of the merger, the Beryl article says that the merger has been recently changed to say that the merger will maintain the name Compiz. This article still says that the name is undecided. Comments? Mekryd 13:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * LWN said this was basically set last week, a couple of holdouts from the Beryl camp aside. I'd be surprised if the grown-ups let this get in the way. Chris Cunningham 14:06, 9 April 2007 (UTC)


 * The Intro and the "Beryl" section still disagree... Mekryd 14:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe the tentative "merging point" is the CompComm project, I really could be wrong though. Uberushaximus 20:22, 10 May 2007 (UTC)


 * This should be moved to Compiz Fusion, that's the new name. 129.120.159.176 22:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, we should merge this, the beryl article, and compiz fusion. Lurker  (said · done) 16:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

backdraws?
perhaps one should open a section discussing problems occuring with that package? For example, I think its not possible to run GpenGL programs (games, google earth, etc.) within Compiz - what good does a fancy windows manager when it doesnt run my programs anymore? Iridos 17:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
 * For games you could always open another X, unless you really must play Windowed. I searched around but it seems Beryl can handle GL apps, didn't find anything about Compiz though --62.220.161.10 13:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * works fine here 85.178.31.11 02:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

"History"
I think someone should add when Compiz was first released. Put other facts like this in this article. Radicalcentrist1990 04:26, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Compiz website
The Compiz website hasn't been updated in ages. The latest news item says "Compiz 0.5.2 released". Has it been abandoned? It seems awfully strange that the website for such a high-profile project is receiving so little attention. Herorev 17:14, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * The site is still online, like beryl's one, but it's a slighly out-dated. After beryl-compiz fusion, you can check news on OpenCompositing.org - regards Katanzag 09:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I updated the homepage link and some external links. The homepage now is compiz-fusion.org; compiz.org is not maintained anymore. See: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=9334 Note that some URLs in compiz.org already redirect to compiz-fusion.org (example: http://forum.compiz.org).


 * I also updated the links to the installation guides for Ubuntu and openSUSE.


 * Keep in mind that Compiz Fusion is not the same project as Compiz; they just happen to use the same website now.
 * Nikos (talk) 00:30, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

compiz fusion availabe in debian leeny/sid
compiz-fusion 0.5.2 is avialble in lenny / sid repositories. -- anantshri (talk) 19:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Merge Compiz Fusion into Compiz
As the Compiz project has decided to merge Compiz Fusion (and Compiz++, Nomad) back to Compiz, we should merge the Compiz Fusion article back into Compiz. --KDesk (talk) 19:52, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * And we should also merge Beryl back into Compiz --KDesk (talk) 18:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * While I should be ignored for reasons of NPV, I agree with the merge. 173.88.213.120 (talk) 01:41, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The articles should be merged and Compiz Fusion and Beryl should be described in a History of Compiz Section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.59.70.162 (talk) 10:18, 16 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Agree to merge both here. Pcap ping  18:10, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree to merge both. As a former key-person in the Compiz/Compiz Fusion/Beryl-dance, I'm also interested in doing some general housekeeping and/or reorganize most of the content for continuity and precision. In a well referenced and NPOV-way, of course. 87.238.43.248 (talk) 13:08, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (That would be me: KristianLyngstol (talk) 13:25, 4 May 2010 (UTC) )
 * Agree to merge both here, but not beryl. Ms.henrick (talk) 19:31, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree History section necessary however.. -Edd —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.78.215.130 (talk) 23:52, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree merge to here. Anyone closing this merge? Widefox (talk) 15:05, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Compiz not a WM
Apparently, because of gtk/kde-window-decorator, many people think compiz is merely an extension of metacity/kwin. Can someone please note that. I'm not up to article writing yet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.200.139.132 (talk) 07:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Cleanup and merge
My name is Kristian Lyngstol, I was deeply involved with Beryl from a few weeks after the fork from Compiz in 2006, was a key person during the re-merge and creation of Compiz Fusion and the eventual re-branding to just Compiz. I wish to merge the Beryl and Compiz Fusion-pages into Compiz and do a proper cleanup and rewrite. As there was a good bit of enmity among the various contributors, I will need assistance to ensure that the article retains a NPOV. I can supply references for all facts and claims I'll make, but some of the references are likely to be mails sent by myself or otherwise affected and/or originated from me (I'm already referenced in many of these articles). As such, I'm looking for someone who can proof read my edits before I start. If it is preferred, I can also post all non-trivial changes to this talk-page for review.

I can probably clear up just about any confusion related to all of the projects, names, technologies and people.

All of this really hinges on being able to merge the three articles though. I'm not familiar with how to go about a task like this (Would I add the necessary content to this article before the other ones were removed, for instance?). Any help would be appreciated.

KristianLyngstol (talk) 13:25, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

I would add that Quinn Storm should be mentioned in the article as it is her fork of compiz that became beryl. From an anthropological point of view, Beryl is probably a very interesting part of open source software, as it was one of the few opensource software projects dominated by women. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.11.219 (talk) 07:53, 24 January 2011 (UTC)