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Native Dialect
March 14th, 2007, 11:19 PM
I saw this video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx9FgLr9oTk

Needless to say, I was giddy at the potential for such a set up. I am not interested in the touch screen functionality, but I am intrigued by the ability to scroll through multiple desktops. My questions really, revolve around requirements. Is this feature a function of the Gentoo distro, or can any Distro using GNOME, have this feature applied? Can this feature be used with a mouse, rather than a touch screen? Is it easy to setup? Does it create conflicts with general efficency and regular function? I am excited to find out :)
kevinlyfellow
March 14th, 2007, 11:31 PM
Thats pretty cool...

Well, he is using either compiz or beryl. Search the forum for either of those terms and you'll find plenty of info

to install beryl, follow this guide http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Ubuntu
Native Dialect
March 14th, 2007, 11:42 PM
Is there a difference between the applications you named (Beryl or Compiz)? Or is it merely a superficial one like using KDE instead of GNOME?
rsambuca
March 14th, 2007, 11:53 PM
The beryl project was forked from the original compiz. I use Beryl and it looks pretty much like the video (if you want to set it up that way).

What are your system specs?
Native Dialect
March 16th, 2007, 04:40 AM
2.5GHZ Celeron (128kb L1 Cache)
768MB DDR2 RAM
Intel Extreme Graphics Card 82485

I do have a Geforce FX 5200....but i'm a bit lazy about trying to install that in Linux at the moment. Does Beryl have high system requirements?
rsambuca
March 16th, 2007, 12:36 PM
I can't seem to find any specs on that Intel card, so I have no idea if it will work with Beryl.
kevinlyfellow
March 16th, 2007, 09:11 PM
Beryl does not have particularly high system requirements. My Intel GM 945 with 128 Mb memory runs it smoothly. If you really want to try before you install it on your comp, you can always try a live cd with it installed. To name one (there are others that I'm not sure of): knoppix. But when booting you need to use a special option (knoppix desktop=beryl or something like that). Personally, to avoid twiddling too much with your xorg.conf file I would wait to install the nvidia card and then beryl.

Edit: check out Sabayon http://www.sabayonlinux.org/