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In the 2000s we used to do this, but with the proverbial Linux Desktop.

by juped 7y ago

lfowles 7y ago
Whatever happened to the promise of cube desktops with wobbly windows?
- the_pwner224 7y ago
  I am using Wobbly Windows right now in KDE. Desktop Cube works too but I don't like it (I use 16 desktops instead of 4 :). When I have to use Windows every once in a while I am viscerally disgusted by the lack of wobbly windows. Moving windows just feels wrong - very, very wrong. Takes a second to realize they're not wobbling. To me it makes the computer seem less robotic and more natural in a way, I guess. Like haptic feedback on smartphones when you tap stuff.
  - O_H_E 7y ago
    Exactly what I told my sister few months ago. The windows just feel stiff and unnatural.
- rossy 7y ago
  I don't know about you, but I've been running wobbly windows up until about a month ago, when I disabled KWin's compositor in favour of picom for performance reasons. I hope to get them back when I'm able to start using KWin on Wayland.
- O_H_E 7y ago
  I still use both on KDE Plasma desktop. Life is great. Many other options like fire-on-window-close and zooming are also available. I believe you could get them just using kwin the window manager.
  - Nullabillity 7y ago
    FWIW, if you don't see them as options: make sure that the KWin compositor is set to OpenGL mode, rather than XRender.
autojoechen 7y ago
I remember compiz! https://launchpad.net/compiz https://launchpad.net/compiz. Looks to be still actively maintained
- c9fc42ad 7y ago
  Oh man, compiz-fusion is what got me interested in Linux. I remember seeing videos circa 2007-8 of people's desktops with all sorts of crazy stuff. Cube desktops, wobbly windows, fire trails, etc. I spent forever figuring out how to dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows and learned a ton so I could setup these effects. Fast forward 12 years and now I only use Linux on servers without a desktop interface at all. While this stuff may seem silly and pointless, you'll never know who it'll inspire to dive in to a whole new world. I'm glad it's being maintained still
  - fenwick67 7y ago
    Same here, compiz was directly responsible for me trying out Linux on CD
  - divbzero 7y ago
    It’s silly but loads of fun. My first Linux was also Ubuntu c. 2007-2008 and I got a kick out of using a cube desktop that neither Windows nor Mac had.
thinkling 7y ago
I'm very late to this discussion, but... in 1999 we did this at Microsoft running unmodified Windows apps in a custom 3D environment. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-task-gallery-a-3d-window-manager/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-tas...

In the 2000s we used to do this, but with the proverbial Linux Desktop.

by juped 7y ago

In the 2000s we used to do this, but with the proverbial Linux Desktop.

lfowles 7y ago

Whatever happened to the promise of cube desktops with wobbly windows?

the_pwner224 7y ago
I am using Wobbly Windows right now in KDE. Desktop Cube works too but I don't like it (I use 16 desktops instead of 4 :). When I have to use Windows every once in a while I am viscerally disgusted by the lack of wobbly windows. Moving windows just feels wrong - very, very wrong. Takes a second to realize they're not wobbling. To me it makes the computer seem less robotic and more natural in a way, I guess. Like haptic feedback on smartphones when you tap stuff.
- O_H_E 7y ago
  Exactly what I told my sister few months ago. The windows just feel stiff and unnatural.
rossy 7y ago
I don't know about you, but I've been running wobbly windows up until about a month ago, when I disabled KWin's compositor in favour of picom for performance reasons. I hope to get them back when I'm able to start using KWin on Wayland.
O_H_E 7y ago
I still use both on KDE Plasma desktop. Life is great. Many other options like fire-on-window-close and zooming are also available. I believe you could get them just using kwin the window manager.
- Nullabillity 7y ago
  FWIW, if you don't see them as options: make sure that the KWin compositor is set to OpenGL mode, rather than XRender.

autojoechen 7y ago

I remember compiz! https://launchpad.net/compiz https://launchpad.net/compiz. Looks to be still actively maintained

c9fc42ad 7y ago
Oh man, compiz-fusion is what got me interested in Linux. I remember seeing videos circa 2007-8 of people's desktops with all sorts of crazy stuff. Cube desktops, wobbly windows, fire trails, etc. I spent forever figuring out how to dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows and learned a ton so I could setup these effects. Fast forward 12 years and now I only use Linux on servers without a desktop interface at all. While this stuff may seem silly and pointless, you'll never know who it'll inspire to dive in to a whole new world. I'm glad it's being maintained still
- fenwick67 7y ago
  Same here, compiz was directly responsible for me trying out Linux on CD
- divbzero 7y ago
  It’s silly but loads of fun. My first Linux was also Ubuntu c. 2007-2008 and I got a kick out of using a cube desktop that neither Windows nor Mac had.

thinkling 7y ago

I'm very late to this discussion, but... in 1999 we did this at Microsoft running unmodified Windows apps in a custom 3D environment. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-task-gallery-a-3d-window-manager/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-tas...