The new version of beryl, a compositing X11 window manager, was released today. Hurray for the eye candy, and some cool usability in the bargain!
I especially like Scale (think Mac’s Expose) and translucency with blur for helping find or keep track of open windows. Here’s one of the better videos demonstrating some real world uses of the effects available.
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