Compiz 0.9 was released for testing earlier today and see the widely used compositing manager benefiting from a major re-service having been completely rewritten in C++.
0.9, an unstable branch of Compiz that will eventually become the stable 0.10 release, brings a new developer API, rendering has been split into plug-ins the build system now uses cmake and some minor functionality improvements are also included.
New features
A few noteworthy new features, plug-in's and additions squeezed into this release include: -
- Aero-Snap like functionality via ability to drag windows to edges and have them fill the adjacent side of the screen
- Support for automatic wallpaper rotation
- Edge support on grid plug-in allowing windows to be resized by dragging to an edge or corner
- Rewritten animations interface simplifies creation of new animations
On the Compiz development mailing list announcement Sam Spilsbury's notes that this release €œis not yet ready for general use as there are a number of known issues, regressions and incomplete functionality.€ Anyone wishing to install this version should do so with caution.
Source tarbells are available @ http://releases.compiz.org/0.9.0/ and bugs should be reported @ http://bugs.opencompositing.org/
Whilst this release is seven months late we say better late than never!
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