A cool feature that appeared on Linux desktops in the late 2000s, it was multiple desktops on a 3D cube that you could rotate or move arbitrarily with your mouse, and it used GPU acceleration, so you could actually have VLC for instance play a video on the edge of two desktops on the cube while rotating it around.
After a while though, the gimmick wore off and it was sorta like the Jurassic Park “This is a UNIX system!” vibes. It seemed to vanish as quickly as it appeared. It was really only there to impress your n00b Windows-using friends.
I want the cube back.
KDE still has it
Yes, along with wobbly and exploding windows!
Here it is. https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube
It never left, you can still use Compiz!
The what
A cool feature that appeared on Linux desktops in the late 2000s, it was multiple desktops on a 3D cube that you could rotate or move arbitrarily with your mouse, and it used GPU acceleration, so you could actually have VLC for instance play a video on the edge of two desktops on the cube while rotating it around.
After a while though, the gimmick wore off and it was sorta like the Jurassic Park “This is a UNIX system!” vibes. It seemed to vanish as quickly as it appeared. It was really only there to impress your n00b Windows-using friends.
Look up “compiz 3D cube” on YouTube or something.
Nice
I don’t think it ever left
But but Compiz and burning windows and cube… The times are not the same.
Here it goes. The cube one was posted above. https://github.com/Schneegans/Burn-My-Windows
There’s wayfire