Mandriva: Say Hello to 3D

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 23, 2006

“The 3D-Desktop has been a hot topic since Novell showed-off
their XGL/Compiz integration for NLD 10 at a Solutions Linux
conference in January this year. Useless for some, simply cool for
others. In any case, there’s a ‘Wow’ factor that’s just good for
Linux on the desktop: your neighbours during train or plane trips
always ask ‘what’s with the cube’? ‘Oh, this is a Linux desktop,’
you answer. And that’s when you’ll give her the speech.

“So Blino baked a recipe, put it all in Cooker and made a video
of Mandriva Linux 2007 running sexy Compiz effects (powered by XGL
in this case)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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