[cw-discuss] lockup in FC6 AMD64 [OT]

[Sid Boyce]

Simon Roby wrote:
> On 5/25/07, Marco Benton <marco at xssnet.com> wrote:
>> <rant>
>> KDE with Beryl is hideous.  the desktop pager doesnt work like it
>> should, there's a hack to get it to work but even that hack isnt stable.
>>
>> i found sometimes VLC would not show a video...sometimes it would...
>> Windows media Player had the same problem...  Beryl makes firefox run
>> painfully slow!  same Java apps display a blank window... etc...  of
>> course most things have work arounds... i still find it unusable!
>>
>> disable Compiz/Beryl... everything works again...
>> </rant>
>>
>> Beryl *IS* pretty... especially to show off to Windoze l-users.
>>
>> but if you want to actually *do* work, disable Compiz/Beryl and
>> everything will work as expected.
> 
> I'll have to agree with Marco here. Beryl and Compiz are fun to play
> with (and show off to your non-Linux-using family/friends/colleages)
> but in the end they're too slow/buggy/unstable/annoying to use in an
> everyday setup.
> 
> In short: if Beryl or Compiz gets in the way of your real
> applications, do yourself a favor and turn it off. It's simply not
> worth the trouble. Don't worry, you're not the only one having
> problems with it.

Even if it worked right, after being initially impressed by the demo, I 
think it's a hideous idea when usability is the main consideration. 3D 
is OK in many respects, but not done like this modern implementation of 
flickering lamps on the old mainframes or tapes whizzing around on the 
old tape units - at least they displayed useful diagnostic information. 
Stuff like mobile texting and IRC also painfully remind me of old 
clanking teletypes and a giant step backwards.
Regards
Sid.
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