Compiz was a house of cards you kept building higher. Let me just launch my 'cube skybox 3d-multilayer wobbly windows with fire effects, shading and sticky edges' - desktop. When Vista was the alternative it was the goddamn future.
I legitimately credit Compiz and CCSM for kick-starting my obsession with FOSS and probably doubling or more my salary by getting me on Linux earlier in life.
I'm pretty sure I still have a decade old liveusb somewhere with a casper-rw Zorin install, all decked out with compiz desktop switcher animations and Tuxkart 🤣
I'd boot up that thing on school computers and mess around with Linux for fun back in the day
Same! I started messing with Linux in my teens, but it wasn't until the early 30s that I actually got a job working with Linux, but once I did it fast tracked me to a much higher salary.
I remember editing the wobbly window settings on my friend's computer. You'd barely touch a window and it'd get locked into about a minute of the most absurd wobble. I was cracking up for like an hour straight.
Agreed, I never utilized "multiple desktops". I never even used multiple monitors until about 7 years ago, even though I've been using a computer since 95.
I use multiple desktops a lot. Like all the time. i have six and generally about five of them have at least one window on them. I could have everything on one desktop but then it'd just feel crowded!
I also avoid clickyui but I think the issue I have is that I struggle to think in terms of workspaces instead of applications. Also, I always struggled with the discipline required to keep tabs relevant to each browser instance - never mind browser state that should or should not span instances. I tried using Firefox Multi-Account Containers to help with this, but it seemed like I was spending more time adjusting and maintaining (fighting with my browser) than getting shit done.
I suspect things could be a lot better if we eliminated tabs/MDI altogether, but it'd be a huge step backwards for nearly 100% of users, so...
But with different desktops everything feels so isolated. Everything is forgotten because it's put out of the way. Same with icon only task bars, and grouped windows. I can't imagine how anyone works like that without seeing the things that are open. Like it seriously makes me angry that people work that way
I just recently felt this again, since I decided it had been too long since I’d installed a weird OS, and now I’m running Wayfire on FreeBSD as suggested by the Wayland section of the setup guide and it turns out…it’s a descendant of Compiz. Wobbly windows are BACK!
I was thinking today at work that I need to go back to using multiple desktops again like I did 10+ years ago. I'll have three browsers with 40 tabs each open and a terminal with 10 tabs when I'm solving a ticket. Then I'll get something more urgent and now I have 80 tabs in each browser and 20 terminal tabs.
It is exactly that. I don’t understand the hate…Wayland is vastly better, less complex and more secure at the fundamentals of running an accelerated window system.
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cholesterol@lemmy.world · 89 pts · 2y
Compiz was a house of cards you kept building higher. Let me just launch my 'cube skybox 3d-multilayer wobbly windows with fire effects, shading and sticky edges' - desktop. When Vista was the alternative it was the goddamn future.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 2y
Impressing the neighborhood kids with my windows with jiggle physics.
Norgur@kbin.social · 26 pts · 2y
"Don't mind the missing V-Sync, I haven't gotten Xorg to do that yet. But it's cool, right? Right?"
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol · 13 pts · 2y
Those window wobbles are SO HOT
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun · 44 pts · 2y
I legitimately credit Compiz and CCSM for kick-starting my obsession with FOSS and probably doubling or more my salary by getting me on Linux earlier in life.
lemann@lemmy.one · 9 pts · 2y
I'm pretty sure I still have a decade old liveusb somewhere with a casper-rw Zorin install, all decked out with compiz desktop switcher animations and Tuxkart 🤣
I'd boot up that thing on school computers and mess around with Linux for fun back in the day
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Same! I started messing with Linux in my teens, but it wasn't until the early 30s that I actually got a job working with Linux, but once I did it fast tracked me to a much higher salary.
Roshakk@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
This and the wobbly windows
TheSambassador@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I remember editing the wobbly window settings on my friend's computer. You'd barely touch a window and it'd get locked into about a minute of the most absurd wobble. I was cracking up for like an hour straight.
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Oh god, yes
thelemonalex@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Thank you, came here for this exact comment.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social · 29 pts · 2y
It was really cool configuring the compiz cube for a weekend. It was tailored to perfection! Then I figured how useless it actually was.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Agreed, I never utilized "multiple desktops". I never even used multiple monitors until about 7 years ago, even though I've been using a computer since 95.
ReCursing@kbin.social · 14 pts · 2y
I use multiple desktops a lot. Like all the time. i have six and generally about five of them have at least one window on them. I could have everything on one desktop but then it'd just feel crowded!
aniki@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
emptiestplace@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
How do you deal with app overlap between projects?
aniki@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
emptiestplace@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
I also avoid clickyui but I think the issue I have is that I struggle to think in terms of workspaces instead of applications. Also, I always struggled with the discipline required to keep tabs relevant to each browser instance - never mind browser state that should or should not span instances. I tried using Firefox Multi-Account Containers to help with this, but it seemed like I was spending more time adjusting and maintaining (fighting with my browser) than getting shit done.
I suspect things could be a lot better if we eliminated tabs/MDI altogether, but it'd be a huge step backwards for nearly 100% of users, so...
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Eh, I've never mined it
Fal@yiffit.net · 0 pts · 2y
But with different desktops everything feels so isolated. Everything is forgotten because it's put out of the way. Same with icon only task bars, and grouped windows. I can't imagine how anyone works like that without seeing the things that are open. Like it seriously makes me angry that people work that way
Swim@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 2y
ahhh this brings compiz fusion warm and fuzzies
Zeth0s@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
Compiz was cool, but beryl was the coolest thing ever made. No discussion
phoneymouse@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y
geoff@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
I just recently felt this again, since I decided it had been too long since I’d installed a weird OS, and now I’m running Wayfire on FreeBSD as suggested by the Wayland section of the setup guide and it turns out…it’s a descendant of Compiz. Wobbly windows are BACK!
constantokra@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
Whaaaaat?
theFibonacciEffect@feddit.de · 12 pts · 2y
Wayfire is actually fire https://youtu.be/Ban7wspkrNQ?list=PLb7YRKEhWEBUIoT-a29UoJW9mhfzjpNle
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 3 pts · 2y
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snake@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
This looks interesting. Possibly an alternative to the outdated (albeit still functional) Compiz.
hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I still use gnome with the 3D cube extension. It was cool in 2006 and it's cool now.
Album@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Lol yeah people today complain about bad GPU drivers. Different world back then.
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I was thinking today at work that I need to go back to using multiple desktops again like I did 10+ years ago. I'll have three browsers with 40 tabs each open and a terminal with 10 tabs when I'm solving a ticket. Then I'll get something more urgent and now I have 80 tabs in each browser and 20 terminal tabs.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUlAQZB9Ng
epyon22@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
The more you know https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn_(file_manager)
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I was curious and tried to find a modern remake, but just found this dead Github repository: https://github.com/mcuelenaere/fsv
It'd be interesting to see done with modern accelerated video hardware.
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 1 pts · 2y
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pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
golf?
sebinspace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Please tell me someone remembers yCube
TryingToEscapeTarkov@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
and then they fucked it up with Wayland.....
aniki@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y
sebinspace@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2y
No :)
Acters@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Isn't wayfire a compiz descendant for wayland?
geoff@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
It is exactly that. I don’t understand the hate…Wayland is vastly better, less complex and more secure at the fundamentals of running an accelerated window system.