[wellylug] kororaa - xgl

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 21:50 +1200, Glen Ogilvie wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Just thought I'd share my experience last weekend with kororaa, live cd.
> http://kororaa.org/static.php?page=static060318-181203
> 
> It's a livecd that, if you have a supported graphics card (nvidia), runs an 
> xgl session, that you can play with.   I'd suggest, anyone interested in 
> really cool graphics stuff in linux try if for fun..  It's kind of like the 
> MacOS X stuff, with transparencies, 3d rotating desktop. 
> 
> I tried it in the weekend, on a low spec machine with a $100 (back 2 years 
> ago) nvidia graphics card, and it worked pretty good and was a lot of fun, 
> the wobbly windows even made me want to have it in my full time distro.


I've tried it on my machine, and it is really cool. Download it and give
it a try if you haven't seen it.

It's definitely something many people will like.

The only problem I for see, is the problem in that many laptop's don't
have 3d support in their video card drivers. :-/

-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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