Linux @lemmy.world kratoz29 @lemm.ee 5 mo. ago

I have heard you guys on Lemmy like Linux, what do you think about this old picture of my desktops from 2010-2011.

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Beautiful! I remember my Ubuntu 10.10 with compiz fusion.. It was gorgeous. Good old days
Bring back compiz!!!
Nice! I still have wobbly windows to this day! :)
- Really? With what tools?
  
  I use KDE and it has desktop effects built in. One of them is wobbly windows, which I always enable. It has animations for switching virtual desktops too, but I don't see the cube around anymore, maybe it needs to be installed separately.
  
  Not OP, but Wayfire has all the old-school effects plus some new ones too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2MR7Qh9ECE
You should be taking a screenshot of your desktop, not taking a picture of it at a weird angle.

Wait a minute.
- This was the "VR/AR" of my younger days.
I wanted to have a computer fast enough to run that so bad back in the early 00's.
On my PC at the time I would get single digit frames when those animations played 😂
- RIP, did you ever get that sorted out?
  
  Compiz was too intense for my computers back in the day and I honestly haven't tried since
My octagon from 2008, I had forgot all about this!

Edit: sorry for the potato quality, these are screen caps from a video I uploaded to YouTube, which is only available at 360p.

I didn't link the video because it shows my web browser open with plenty of doxxing information, I wasn't very bright back then.
Shh. We don't talk about those days.
- I miss those days (งツ)ว
- Why not? I forgot how much I loved compiz
  
  Because we also don't talk about the hairstyles we wore in the 80s
GNOME has extensions that can bring these kinds of effects back:

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4648/desktop-cube/

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4679/burn-my-windows/

The easiest way to set these up is to use the "Extension Manager" app (available on Flathub) and search for "cube" and "burn" (and install each).

https://flathub.org/apps/com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager
I've invested so much time into tweaking compiz just to always switch windows/desktops via shortcuts.

But iirc wobbly windows back then were available only via compiz.
@kratoz29 The linux desktop on a LSD screen
- Linux and LSD merged? What a crazy mix.

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