On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 14:17:39 -0600 Kevin Kempter <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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)? > > The DVD has many of the kde packages (as many as gnome) so I assume (I haven't done it) you can install kde from it. I think it is the only method to install the actual spin as the DVD will require you to select much of what to install instead of having it preselected.
