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> e17 doesn't like transparency and compiz-style effects. You can get it to work |
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> with the bling module or by using a compositing manager like xcompmgr or a |
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> derivative, but I found it wasn't exactly stable on nVidia. You may have |
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> better luck with ATI. |
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Going offtopic, I for myself don't care about "fancy" eye-candy at |
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all. I consider it futile. For example, my Xfce (with all compositing |
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effects disabled) looks beautiful enough, and is fast, lightweight, |
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customizable, simple and understandable. |
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The things I miss from e17 are that e17 is even more configurable (you |
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can configure what keyboard+mouse combination resizes a windows, for |
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example, while on Xfce it seems hardwired to <alt>right-click, while I |
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would prefer to use <alt>middle-click, since I often have to use GNOME |
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and would like to use the same shortcuts), and even more lightweight |
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(disk space, memory, speed) than Xfce. |
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I should give e17 another try when it gets a little more stable, or |
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when at least Vapier finds the time to update the snapshot ebuilds |
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(which, last time I checked, were horribly outdated). |
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Regards, |
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Jorge Peixoto |
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Software is like sex: it is better when it is free - Linus Torvalds |
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