Cube in the desktop after login

[frandavid100]

I just saw this mockup by Jimmac, and it would be extra sweet to have.

The experience of logging into a Linux desktop is somewhat flaky and flickery. It's a bit better with KDE, but still doesn't have a polished feel.

There should be minimal flicker and UI elements that do not respond. Windows suffers from this just as we do. I believe enlightenment did a nice curtain effect a long time ago where you would only be show a desktop when it was fully loaded and ready to go.

http://jimmac.musichall.cz/images/guimockups/login/xgl-login.ogg

[some-guy]

afaik, that requires changes to gdm, I don't think anything has to be done to compiz (it could use a simple dbus call), but it would awesome :cool:

[Genius314]

That would truly be amazing. But of course, out of Compiz's control.

Btw, that mockup is great! :D

[Oasisgames]

Put it on the list for the theoretical CDE (Compiz Desktop Environment).

[some-guy]

Put it on the list for the theoretical CDE (Compiz Desktop Environment).
CDE is real it's called cream desktop environment ;)
http://www.cream-project.org/?page_id=4

[Oasisgames]

CDE is real it's called cream desktop environment ;)
http://www.cream-project.org/?page_id=4
They're stealing my project names before I even think of them! How dare they!

[Genius314]

Btw, is it possible to get a login screen like that? Not the cube rotation, of course, but the animations and stuff?

[some-guy]

Somehow I got fade effects on gdm, don't remember doing anything maybe I was sleep-typing ;)

Compiz effects are possible, somehow you need to edit gdm's config to run
export environment variables
compiz args fade place resize
and that should provide fading menus, tooltip, etc

[adamk]

CDE existed as desktop environment long before the cream project, too. Heck, probably before many people on these forums were even born:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment