Dirk Petry wrote:
Anyway, actually I need to get some work done and having compiz working doesn't really seem to improve my productivity at the moment. I think I will wait until they integrated it better with KDE.
You are correct. I usually don't care what WM I'm running as long as it is stable, reasonably fast, and allows me to do what I need to do. But I must say, compiz will spoil you. Beyond the ability to simply grab the desktop and spin the cube, there are several other utilities that allow for greater visual orientation of your workspace. "scale" and "shift switcher" are two enhancements that really help. They are not found on any other desktop I've tried and they allow a visual of what is in each window during task switching or window selection. Don't get me wrong, I can deal with overlapping windows on multiple desktops using the taskbar or alt+tab to get to what you want. But, the large additional amount of additional visual data that compiz provides allowing you to see what is in each open widow (updated in real time).... will spoil you. Just start top in a console and invoke scale with "alt+shift+up arrow" to see what is going on, you'll see. To compiz's credit, in a lot of ways it does offer a "whole new way of doing things" that "make sense." It puts vista to shame. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org