[FusionComm] The usual Beryl user..

[jug]

On 7/20/07, mega lex <megalexis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As a usual Beryl user I am wondering what happened to beryl. Why was it
> killed? If its not dead why hasn't there been a new release?

Beryl wasn't really "killed". It is currently being merged with compiz,
because the developers decided that its wasted effort and work to maintain
compiz and beryl. And as you know beryl was basically just a modified compiz
with some more plugins.


> Actually I know that it merged but many of my friends that got into linux
> just because they loved beryl are asking me the same thing.

Try Compiz Fusion, it's even better. Alsthough there is no stable release
yet.

I feel kind of sad that after many maany months there is no compiz-fusion
> site up and running or at least a good place where users can find and
> download the latest.

Since there is no stable release yet, there is nothing (official) for
downloading available. Although there are some repositories for various
distributions and you can use git to get the source and compile it yourself.
But if you don't want to use unstable stuff you should stay with beryl and
wayt for the release of compiz fusion.
As far as I know the website is currently being worked on. As temporary
forum there is http://www.opencompositing.org


> I thought the reason for the merger was to have a better product, but
> whats the point if in the process you end up loosing your user base and make
> linux to the typical user look as an unstable environment where anything can
> happen to really good projects at any time. I think beryl had alot of steam
> and backing behind it and it seems that it has just grinded to a halt. Even
> if there is progress being done.. the users are not seeing it because there
> is no place they can see or hear whats going on. Just put a site up that
> doesn't look pretty for now ant says the status and maybe a some howtos,
> links to repositories, and announcements of whats going on.1

You must be blind. Sorry. There are annoucements on
beryl-project.orgdirecting to the temporary home at
opencompositing.org. And there always was compiz.org around, where you can
also find some useful information on compiz (fusion).

Yes you are correct, shutting down the beryl-forums was maybe too quick, but
now it's too late to lament... Lets just hope the new website is ready soon.

~jug
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