On Wednesday 06 June 2007 6:26:52 pm Kevin Kofler wrote: > Rahul Sundaram <sundaram <at> fedoraproject.org> writes: > > Would be nice to have desktop effects menu option if it isn't already > > there. > > Short answer: That will come in KDE 4. :-) > > Long answer: > > The way the "desktop effects" feature is currently implemented in GNOME is > that the Metacity window manager is outright replaced by Compiz. However, > Compiz has some issues working with KDE, at least it did last this topic > came up in the KDE SIG meetings. The alternative would be Beryl, but > several core Fedora developers objected strongly to defaulting to Beryl in > anything Fedora for reasons I can't present in details (mostly stability > and project management issues). > > In KDE 4, the KWin window manager will natively support compositing > (already in SVN), and AFAIK some more effects are in the works. So there > will be no need to have a special tool switching to a special window > manager just to support desktop effects anymore, instead they will be > settable in KControl just as all the existing effects (animation and fake > transparency) already are. > > And as the plan is to get KDE 4 into Fedora 8 anyway, I think working on > Compiz or Beryl under KDE is pretty much pointless now. > > Kevin Kofler Is the live the best method to install the Fedora7 KDE spin (or the only method)?
