[ubuntu-art] Metacity composite

[Adam]

why would we need opengl backend for metacity? we have compiz for that,
while people who doesnt have a hardware to enable compiz, still can have
nice shadows, and basic things. this is a good "workaround" for them.

On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 13:57 +0200, Andrea Cimitan wrote:
> 
> 
> 2008/9/27 Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com>
>         Are crazy compiz-like effects being worked on or will they
>         be? 
>  
> Please do not top-post.
>  
> Anyway, the current compositing inside metacity is using Xrender,
> which is compatible with almost any hardware and supports software
> rendering (so it permits shadows on any hardware), though is not
> comparable with openGL for rich effects. With the Xrender
> implementation compiz-like effects will NOT be implemented.
> Even though Iain (the guy who added compositing inside metacity), did
> a very good modular job, meaning that in the future someone could
> write a new backend using openGL and not Xrender, allowing compiz-like
> effects.
> For example, some guys at ohand, already wrote an experimental backend
> using clutter, metacity-clutter.
> 
> Cheers
> 
>         
>         
>         
>         On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Cory K.
>         <coryisatm at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>                 Danny Piccirillo wrote:
>                 > Sorry if this is slightly off topic but I read a
>                 while ago that
>                 > Metacity was adding composite features like
>                 transparency, etc. When
>                 > will this be available? Does this mean that at some
>                 point we may be
>                 > able to get all the features of compiz with metacity
>                 and be able to
>                 > ditch compiz fusion? This would open up a lot more
>                 possibilities for
>                 > themes, wouldn't it?
>                 
>                 Please do not top-post.
>                 
>                 Its actually available in Hardy but doesn't have crazy
>                 Compiz effects.
>                 
>                 In gconf: '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager'
>                 Click the box.
>                 
>                 -Cory K.
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