More Ubuntu news from Distrowatch:
The upcoming release of Ubuntu 7.10 is less than two months away, but the developers have yet to decide whether to enable by default one interesting and controversial feature: the 3D desktop with Compiz Fusion. As Michael Vogt explains in this mailing list post, Compiz Fusion is not quite free of known issues and although none of them are critical, they can detract from the enjoyment of the distribution. Among the known regressions, he cites issues with video playback, window rendering artifacts, and performance problems with certain video cards and older processors. The author’s suggestion? “What we need to do is to raise awareness to the users about this feature. If we decide to enable it by default, we should pop up something that explains that certain things may not work quite well. If we decide that we should not enable it, we should have a check that tests if it is likely that the system is able to run Compiz and if so, pop up a notification that tells them what to do to enable desktop effects.“
In related news, Ubuntu 7.10 will reportedly include a graphical tool for configuring X.Org.
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