To all you Linux geeks...

Post by **Deathshroud** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:51 am

The Kororaa team just released a Live CD loaded with XGL, from which I am posting from. It's kinda fun to mess around with, and check out all the stuff it can do.

To everyone else that doesn't know what any of this means, XGL is a new OpenGL driven desktop developed for the linux community. It supports transparent windows, traversing mulitple desktops in a 3D space, and some awesome looking window animations.

All you have to do to get this running is download the iso, burn it, boot to the CD, and type kororaa at the command prompt. Then just let it boot and you're in.

Now for the linkage...

http://getkororaa.com/

Post by **duffman91** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:20 am

Nice, does it come with useful network tools like knoppix? Or is it a boot CD to introduce Linux to new comers?

What's the main purpose for the distro?

Post by **duffman91** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:42 am

Here's a short list of some of the improvements over Beta1:

KDE 3.5

Fluxbox (light WM option)

Gnome 2.12

XFCE4 (light WM option)

AMD64 versions

ISOLinux instead of grub on install CD

CFLAGS now -O3 instead of -Os

International keyboard support

Package selection with package install preview, ability to export and import package lists

Resize installer to fit screen with no framebuffer

Slightly prettier installer including uniform screen colour and layout

Set mountpoints section in installer to only allow one mountpoint per device

Percentage bar for installing packages

Integrated menu items hostname, date and grub into setup menu

Choose what services to run on startup (rc-update)

Simplified adduser script as well as original

Updated systemconfig script to also include options:

choose screen resolution

choose portage mirror

run locate

configure network

sync portage tree

CD ejects on shutdown

Second grub menu option to boot with no framebuffer

Installation manual

Extra tools:

chooseres

choosekeymap

genadduser --simple

systemconfig

FIXED:

reiser4 bug

grub bug

unichrome vesafb-tng bug

gentoo watcher bug

konqueror plugins bug

umount /proc bug

Post by **bitWISE** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:54 am

wtf. i'm getting like 5k from all the mirrors.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:17 pm

http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=1604 (757 seeder(s), 104 leecher(s) = 861 peer(s) total)

Post by **Deathshroud** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:51 pm

duffman91 wrote:Nice, does it come with useful network tools like knoppix? Or is it a boot CD to introduce Linux to new comers?

What's the main purpose for the distro?

It's not really any competition with Knoppix, it's basically a demo of what they can do with XGL and Gentoo. Did I mention this was a Gentoo project?

EDIT: Oh yea, and use the torrent to download it the fastest. :P

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:02 pm

^misantropia^ wrote:http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=1604 (757 seeder(s), 104 leecher(s) = 861 peer(s) total)

Do I have to sign up to download? I stared at that page for like 60 seconds and couldn't find a link to the actual .torrent file =/

Post by **^misantropia^** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:05 pm

http://linuxtracker.org/download.php?id ... .1.torrent (the link next to the black, bold "Torrent" label

)

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:22 pm

Thanks.

I maintain that it's one terrible piece of web design.

Post by **bitWISE** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:11 pm

Foo wrote:Thanks.

I maintain that it's one terrible piece of web design.

definitely

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:05 am

Nice. Getting a damn good torrent rate too. ~500k. Thanks for the link.

Post by **mjrpes** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 2:45 am

Damn, the system froze for me at the login prompt.

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Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:29 am

Heh.. this things really nice..

If linux worked with everything i use, this distro is amazing..

Post by **Deathshroud** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:57 pm

Yea, if you guys wanna check out some more stuff they have come up with, watch these vids...

http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/

Post by **bitWISE** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:42 pm

Pretty neat but it fucking locked up my system after about 5 minutes.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:57 pm

Keep in mind that XGL in its various incarnations is still pretty much beta (if not alpha). That live CD is not much more but a tech demo.

Post by **Deathshroud** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:31 pm

^misantropia^ wrote:Keep in mind that XGL in its various incarnations is still pretty much beta (if not alpha). That live CD is not much more but a tech demo.

Exactly. I had it running fine, but it has issues with ATI cards and such.

Post by **DiscoDave** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:06 pm

I just ran it on my system. Im currently used to Fedora core but this is a whole new level of sleekness. I love it.

Post by **Foo** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:20 pm

Jiggly windows are cute. The animation as I switch desktops are cute.
The ability to run a video half across 2 desktops has no practical use to me.

Visually, it's nice. Since it's X, I assume it works exactly as slick across rdt sessions, too.

So... it's OK. if there were a linux distro running this that was as straightforwards to install and run programs as windows *double click package, answer questions, click shortcut, use program* I'm all over it.

Post by **Deathshroud** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:05 am

Foo wrote:Jiggly windows are cute. The animation as I switch desktops are cute.
The ability to run a video half across 2 desktops has no practical use to me.

Visually, it's nice. Since it's X, I assume it works exactly as slick across rdt sessions, too.

So... it's OK. if there were a linux distro running this that was as straightforwards to install and run programs as windows *double click package, answer questions, click shortcut, use program* I'm all over it.

I almost agree with you. I don't mind the extra work so much, I just wish Linux supported as much software and games as windows, thats the only thing thats holding me back.