Compiz by default ?

[Wouter Stomp]

On 8/15/07, Michael Vogt <michael.vogt at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
>
>
> one of the goals for this cycle was to enable compiz by default for
> all systems where this is feasible. We added a detection from Tribe-2
> on to see if the system is able to run compiz and turn it on then.
> This detection works well and we are happy with the results.
>

>
> General performance regressions - people with older hardware will see
> a slow system when compiz is enabled because of the additional
> requirements it imposes on the hardware (especially on systems with
> CPU < 1Ghz, older GPUs).
>

The detection to see if the system is able to run compiz should take
this in account.

>
> I think the video playback will just look like a cosmetic issue
> (unprofessional at worst),
>

This is NOT just a cosmetic issue in these days of youtube etc... as
long as this is not fixed, compiz should definitely not be enabled by
default.

Wouter