Compiz is the compositing window manager that works on top of Xgl or AIGLX to enable Desktop Effects. Recently, a community developer named Quinn Storm announced that she would start a compiz-based fork project called “Beryl,” citing frustration with Novell regarding getting her code fixes accepted into the Compiz upstream source tree. We called Compiz/Xgl maintainer David Reveman to get his side of the story.

Resources and Links for this Show

Compiz lists, bugzilla and source

Reveman reply to community inquiry

Beryl early announcement

Beryl full announcement

Compiz.net Repository on openSUSE.org