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On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 01:35:53PM +0100, Rhia Knowles wrote: > On 29 March 2010 21:52, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Rhia Knowles wrote: > > > >> Recent mint CDs come with compiz enabled on compatible hardware as > >> default. So boot up eg mint 7, and spin that cube! > >> > > I'm not sure if it's me but I kinda get bored with the cube, if I do have > > desktop effects enabled (generally I don't) then I tend not to turn the cube > > on. You'd think by now there'd be something a little more exciting. :-P > > > > Well, you could make it rain on the desktop or draw fire with the mouse, but > thats more kinda useless eyecandy then functional eyecandy which is how I > class the cube. Besides, its impressive if you've never seen it before. > True, I did like the rain on the desktop. I do like the fact that Ubuntu has incorporated Plymouth for seamless booting, although I gather Fedora has had it a while anyway. > Sliding slightly off topic, i read in a forum archive it is possible to turn > that rain effect into a screensaver, but the person linked to a dead > webpage, i dont know if anyone here ever figured that one out? Been looking > for a screenie like that since i moved from win98 way back when .... Not sure, if I see anything I'll post it to the list. Personally though I'm a fan of Flying Toasters. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html