xfree86 2.4.99-r3

[genlee]

Has anyone else tried this yet? I just installed it today and its great. I think my favorite part is the transparent mouse cursor with the neat shadow. This might of been avail in other versions and I didnt know about it. Overall I think 4.2.3 well be a good release when they are done.

[genlee]

http://home.infostations.net/genlee/ss1.png
http://home.infostations.net/genlee/img/ss.png

Screen shot of my desktop if anyone wants to check it out

[wassy121]

see what you guys miss out on when you run distributions? Ha ha, everything of mine looks so good lately. You guys are just getting into the stuff

[genlee]

The only downside to installing this was compiling for 2 hours. After that it was great. Just setup AA fonts now too

[wassy121]

compiling is sooo time consuming. After doing it all the time I just kind of start doing it in phases, I will have like 10 things on my computer all compiled that I just forgot to finish installing/setting up. It sucks when you forget stuff.

[tithefug]

First, thanks for having one of my posts in the bg of ss1!!!!

Secondly, it looks pretty neat, but it looks very Luna-ish (MacOS X). Just an observation.

Tithefug

[genlee]

Yeah I used parts of macos in it, I kinda like the macos x look so I added some of it to my desktop.

[Dolda2000]

I just compiled X 2.4.99-4 (Hah! I'm one release ahead of you!), and for sure it is nice with a transparent pointer that has a shadow. However, the pointer is so BIG! It's like 32x32 in VISIBLE size. Have you discovered how to change the pointers in a standarized way, or will I have to discover that myself?

[genlee]

/me emerge -u xfree86
I haven't found out how to change the cursor yet but I also didn't even look anywhere to find out.

[wassy121]

on gnomedesktop.org there is an article about the new XFree cursor. Check it out, it even has a link to a better looking cursor that what they have default.