14 DAY TRIAL // Kororaa Team has released today the first LiveCD that shows the new XGL, based on the Gentoo distribution.
"Today I am happy to release a Kororaa Live CD showcasing Xgl technology. If you would like to find out what it's all about, then download the CD and boot up your pc! The Live CD comes with Xorg 7, Gnome 2.12.2, 3D support, and of course Xgl."
So, I downloaded it, burned it on a CD and booted on my second machine, which has the following configuration:
- AMD Athlon XP 2200+ - nVidia GeForce 5200 video card - 512 Mb RAM
The CD started with the usual Gentoo bootsplash. In the boot process it warned me about the nVidia graphics card and I remembered, from a previous press release, that nVidia cards are not supported at this time by the XGL technology. After the boot process finished, a login prompt appeared and, in about 5 seconds, it automatically logged me in into the GNOME desktop.
There is the README file on the desktop, with shortcuts for some of the XGL effects:
- Switch windows - Arrange and View All Windows - Switch desktops on cube - Switch desktops on cube - with active window following Rotate desktop cube - Display svg picture on top of cube - Make window translucent/opaque - Zoom-in once - Zoom-in manually - Zoom-out manually - Move window - Snap Move window (will stick to borders) - Resize window
The tests were successful and provided quite amazing results. Please check out the screenshots below to see the XGL technology in action.
You can download yourself this LiveCD from Softpedia.