On Saturday 07 March 2009 19:40, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Saturday 07 March 2009 17:47:40 Jim wrote:
> Is Desktop Cube Default kde install ?
> Or what do I need to install ?
It's in the default install. Open SystemSettings > Desktop and enable
Desktop Effects. Open the All Effects tab and scroll down to Window
Management. You can try various effects there for swapping windows, and
Desktop Cube is one of them.
AFAICS, the KDE cube effect does not behave quite the same as Compiz cube. For
example, I couldn't rotate it (using the mouse) more than 360 degrees.
Further, if I have more than 4 desktops, it seems impossible to rotate even
less than 360 degrees so some desktops seem inaccessible in a single step.
I also tried the cylinder and sphere, but they simply don't work for me, I
always see the cube, no deformation at all.
Btw, why are KDE people competing with Compiz(-fusion) wrt desktop effects? It
seems very unlikely (ie. hard) to provide equivalent functionality. Why not
concentrate to make Compiz better integrated in KDE itself and use its own
effects instead? Of course, it works very well even now, but I see no point
on recreating the same effects in KDE --- if one wants them, one probably
likes eye-candy, and will probably prefer Compiz effects over KDE effects
anyway.
Of course, if the OP wants just the cube it's ok, but... :-)
Best, :-)
Marko