Hi All, I am glad to introduce cairo composite manager(CCM) to factory. As the name suggests, it's an X Window composite manager that uses Cairo for rendering. Some aspects I like it and hopfully you also agree with. 1. It is completely coded in Glib Object. Awesome. 2. It can work with any EWMH compliant window manager (Metacity, Openbox, etc.). A good replacement for xcompmgr. 3. Basically, you can run it without too much hardware requirement as it can run in 2D environment. 4. Regardless of it's simplicity compared to other composite manager, it also provides expandable via plugin. On the other hand, it has the shortcomings. 1. Bug is still plenty 2. Upstreams seems not very active recently Below is more detail information about CCM and hope it will get in factory eventually. :) What's Cairo Composite Manager ============================= Cairo Composite Manager is a versatile and extensible composite manager which uses cairo for rendering. Plugins can be used to add some cool effects to your desktop. It's capable of, but not limited to, rendering of drop shadows, setting window transparency, menu and window animations, and applying decorations. Like Xcompmgr, it does not replace an existing window manager, which makes it ideal for users of lightweight window managers, like Openbox and Fluxbox, who seek a more elegant desktop. Changes last pre-release : ========================= * Drop glitz and openvg backends, we wait for new opengl cairo backend to add 3D support in CCM * Use more classical dialog box for configuration and snapshot * Vala is now required to build cairo-compmgr * Add a mosaic (« exposé ») plugin that you can activate with <Super>Tab keys * Add experimental clone plugin which provide the capability to an external application to get the content of any showed window. * Add the capability to launch the configuration in command line with cairo-compmgr –configure command. * Fix many bugs and performance issue Demo on YouTube =============== http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwzjZ2XHirU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zky8C8SzcTA Homepage ======== http://cairo-compmgr.tuxfamily.org/ Mailing List ============ cairo-compmgr@lists.tuxfamily.org Bug Report ========== http://cairo-compmgr.tuxfamily.org/bugs/ Thanks, Michael Chang -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org