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Images: Linux’s new eye candy

  • Virtual cube

    Novell’s Xgl plug-in permits multiple virtual desktops in Linux to be displayed on the faces of a rotating cube.

    Novell

  • Xgl software permits hardware acceleration of features such as window transparency.

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