Hi all, I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want. Thank for replies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081113/143f2cb7/attachment-0003.html>
Compiz is pretty resource intensive. As a result it will also use your power/(unit time) this might not be the best desktop environment for a netbook. Assuming it will even play well with the netbook's video card. Good luck, Michael Schenck happymaster23 wrote:> Hi all, > > I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of > Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it > to my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want. > > Thank for replies > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
happymaster23 wrote:> I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 > packages of Compiz > Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install > it to my netbook > and this is one of most important features that I want. >Make your decision between Fedora and CentOS not on the basis of Compiz which is described by its developers as "Alpha Software". I have got both Fedora and CentOS and they can be described as "different animals". CentOS is a stable server while Fedora is a fancy smancy desktop. Some of these people asking to upgrade should really be on the Fedora bandwagon and others complaining about Fedora being bleeding edge should have a CentOS server. Best of both? Regards, Vandaman.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:02 PM, happymaster23 <happymaster23 at gmail.com> wrote:> I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of Compiz > Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to my netbook > and this is one of most important features that I want.Suggest that you download the CentOS Live CD and see if CentOS will run on your notebook and support all of the hardware. If not, try a Fedora Live CD. Fedora will probably support more hardware than CentOS. Make your decision between the 2 distros, if they both work on your notebook. If not, use the distro that works.
happymaster23 wrote:> I have one maybe stupid question - is there in CentOS 5 packages of > Compiz Fusion? I am deciding between Fedora and CentOS to install it to > my netbook and this is one of most important features that I want.CentOS-5 ships with Compiz included in the distro, so if you have hardware that is compatible, it will work out of the box. I have built CompizFusion on CentOS-5 but its never really been stable with the Xorg version included in the distro, whereas Beryl ( what CompizFusion sort of emerged out of ) does work, and it works fine for me on a bunch of nvidia / intel / ati cards. The last stable version is the one hosted in the kbsingh-extras-testing repo for C5. More details on the repo are at http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq