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Novell Linux Desktop Demonstration Videos

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"A preview of Novell Linux Desktop 10 (NLD10) was shown to an audience at the Solutions Linux conference this week in Paris. We have a selection of videos which display a variety of amazing effects through the use of XGL, including transparency, wobbling windows, a 3D Cube for desktop switching, and a task switcher which displays a preview of windows."

Download the videos from here.

Update: More info here complete with more videos and screenshots...
Novell is announcing its contribution of the Xgl graphics subsystem and the 'Compiz ' compositing manager to the X.org project. These enhancements open up a whole world of hardware acceleration, fancy animation, separating hardware resolution from software resolution, and more. As a result, Linux desktops will become more usable, end-user productivity will increase, and Linux is firmly positioned at the forefront of client computing technology.

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> but only comparing

> but only comparing screenshots/movies, it looks like Linux is going to be in the front of the development.

In front? *lol*
What you can see in the videos is something that is possible to do with an Apple Macintosh for years now.
Of course Apple only inplements the useful features that make the desktop more intuitive.
wobbling windows ... no comment ;-)