FC6 Im impressed

[Alphax]

Darrin Ritter wrote:
> Well after a forced reinstall (my FC5 system went belly up) after being
> possibly cracked, I did an install of FC6, I must say that I didn't
> expect much of an upgrade but there seems to be a lot of improvements in
> smoothness and responsiveness.
> 
> Then I tried the eye candy, thinking that wobbly windows was a bit of a
> gimmick I was suspicious but there are some other things that proved
> useful, like the expose style window management. Being able to flick the
> mouse into the top RHS of the screen to lay out the windows is very
> handy, <crtl>+<alt>+<down> to reveal what is on all your other desktops
> is also very useful as well as a very graphic <alt>+<tab>.
> 
> What Impressed me the most is that it didn't slow my system down at all
> as I believe that all the 3D work is done in hardware
> 
> I showed it to some of my Win User holdouts and they were very
> impressed. Whilst eye candy isn't every ones cup of tea this may be a
> strong draw card for any one that may be looking for an alternative.
> 

Might even get a few Mac converts with it's Exposé-like features (I
assume that Xgl or the like is behind them?) :)

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