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Linux for regular people: Part II

09
Apr

Compiz Desktop

Compiz and Berl have come along way with innovative ways to enhance the everyday desktop. They both eventually merged to become Compiz-fusion and are continuing working on the project. One would think something this creative would have taken place on the juggernaut which is Windows with their new operating system Vista. Windows Vista’s Aero provides a nice 3D flip feature which looks cool but doesn’t quite add the usability and functionality we might have hoped for. As far as the futuristic visual eye candy is concerned thats pretty much all the new windows has to offer. Mac users are no stranger to getting the latest visuals from their operating system. From the creation of widgets or expose and with the all new time machine included in leopard, it has the right amount of aesthetic goodness and usability. The mixture of functionality and futuristic visuals is what you would expect from a new operating system. But who would have thought you would ever see it on a linux machine. (more…)

Linux for regular people: Part I

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27
Mar

gOS

Linux has been known to be the uber geeks choice for computing as well as being extremely difficult to use. A lot has changed since the all command line days of Linux and in this installment of Linux for regular people (more…)