[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux counter to Vista

[Chris Cox]

Fred wrote:
> I just finished an evaluation of Beryl, Emerald and XGL on my Suse 10.2 system
> and I have to say that Vista has nothing special in comparison. What a desktop 
> enhancement!
> 
> Now, having said that, I have to report that I removed it all from the computer
> because of the extra overhead that it requires and because I personally do
> not need or want many of the bells and whistles that are provided. So, to
> summarize, it is really nice eye candy but it made my system slow down
> because I don't have gobs of memory.

Very true... and you need a reasonable graphics card.  But still.. since
Vista is going to create more of these powerhouse platforms....
eventually we'll all be able to turn on the eye candy without seeing
too much performance degradation (and of course in Linux, we'll always
be able to turn it off too!).