Looks like someone at KDE is keeping the hope alive for those 3D desktop effects. Remember them? Remember when it seemed like every Linux user was just rotating their cubic desktops, shaking, squeezing and stretching their windows like they were rubber? Yeah, those were weird times.

KDE6 stands for #KeepDesktopEffects6oing, “6” is an upside-down “g”.

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Use Existing Desktop Compositor Effects For Screencast Recordings

https://gadgeteer.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DesktopEffectsThumbnail-400x225.jpg I show how Linux’s KDE Compositor, that is already included with the OS, can be used to show such effects as screen magnification, screen drawing, mouse cursor tracking and clicking, without the need for additional […]

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Enable This Cool 3D Cube Desktop Effect on Ubuntu 21.10

Is this a blog or time machine? I ask because I’m we’re launching headfirst into 2009 and the era of showy, superfluous Linux desktop effects. We’ve seen wobbly windows, magic lamp effects, and beautifully blurred backgrounds all ported to GNOME extension. Now comes the showpiece: the rotating 3D cube desktop. Popularised by Compiz (and implemented into other window managers), the 3D cube desktop made workspace switching a blingy affair. Each dedicated workspace was moulded into a spinning cube, with each workspace a ‘facet’. In addition, the effect made application windows “float” off of the workspace in a a separate layer 
#Download #Themes #Compiz #DesktopEffects #EyeCandy #GnomeExtensions

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