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Originally posted by Ericg View PostWhat part of "TECH DEMO" Did you not understand Kivada? It was said like 4 times in the article (not michaels, the actual one). All the video is doing is showing off what you can do with the new SceneGraph and how easy and fluid it is.
Plasma, like Compiz, Beryl, Fuzion and whatever the fuck else it's been named over the years is yet another example of wasted effort in endlessly rewriting something for no actual gain for the user. In many cases it's actually a detriment to the user's experience.
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Originally posted by Kivada View PostPlasma, like Compiz, Beryl, Fuzion and whatever the fuck else it's been named over the years is yet another example of wasted effort in endlessly rewriting something for no actual gain for the user.
You can always switch to an old school window manager if you prefer that, I don't see why you're so upset. This sort of stuff needs virtually no GPU power, it's trivial, and your GPU has plenty of power for other stuff.
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Originally posted by Kivada View PostYou missed the fact that composited desktops are a waste of system resources and that yes, all programs that can benefit in any way from getting an assist from running on the GPU should be doing so.
Plasma, like Compiz, Beryl, Fuzion and whatever the fuck else it's been named over the years is yet another example of wasted effort in endlessly rewriting something for no actual gain for the user. In many cases it's actually a detriment to the user's experience.All opinions are my own not those of my employer if you know who they are.
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why do all kde desktops on screenshots i see look so boring, uncomfortable and mostly ugly?
it is as far as i know the most customizable DE out there, well in my opinion too much and too compicated but still it allows to change so much. and i still haven't seen anything half way nice.
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Originally posted by Kivada View PostPlasma, like Compiz, Beryl, Fuzion and whatever the fuck else it's been named over the years is yet another example of wasted effort in endlessly rewriting something for no actual gain for the user. In many cases it's actually a detriment to the user's experience.
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Originally posted by Ericg View PostYou do realize that compositing isn't just about fancy effects, right? Because if you DON'T know that, then you're not even educated enough to be having this conversation. If you DO know that however, then we can keep going. But I want to see a couple of the advantages listed, by you, FOR compositing desktops before we keep going.
What it ends up doing, even though it's supposed to use no GPU power on a modern GPU it does however kill off all those marginal systems where the CPU and Ram are enough but the Intel or SiS or S3 GPU on the mobo is incapable of running the distro. To me this is a massive travesty for those people in poor regions even in first world countries since they cannot be moved over to Linux. Telling them to get new hardware is not an option nor is it an option for them to build old versions of X from source on Gentoo as their first ever distro.
And for those of us that have modern fast machines? Still no advantage over old desktops, you saw it with Windows Metro, KDE4 and Gnome3. People don't like them and for good reason, they are terrible user experiences. On the technical side, I've said it and I'll keep on saying it, there is no reason the GPU should be sitting idle when it's not being used for 3D. It should be running as an OpenCL co-processor at all times and not just for Folding@Home.
My argument is what it has always been, the priorities of open source developers are completely fucked up since they seem only ever want to reinvent the wheel for the millionth time only to further fracture an already shattered platform.
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Originally posted by a user View Postwhy do all kde desktops on screenshots i see look so boring, uncomfortable and mostly ugly?
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