Wobbly NOP For Linux

Wobbly NOP is a modified version of the small, light and fast LiveCD operating system Puppy Linux 3.01. Wobbly NOP includes the Compiz-Fusion compositing 3D window manager, for those "wobbly" effects. :-D All in just 130mb!

It's based on Puppy NOP (which uses the Xfce desktop environment (4.4.1) and the Opera web browser/internet suite. NOP itself is release-quality, but Wobbly NOP is still being worked on. This is a test release release for people willing to experiment and give feedback.

This is basically what has been added: � wow's october compiz test dotpet � The CCSM (settings manager) and Python. � Xorg7.2 DRI modules � Xorg7.2 OpenGL � Some bugfixes for ATI setups and Compiz itself. � Proprietary nVidia drivers (x3) (cos OSS drivers don't do AIGLX) � My own Compiz-Fusion wizard script (/usr/sbin/cfwizard)

The cfwizard script is run at the end of xorgwizard and sets up the appropriate configuration (xorg.conf, modules, drivers, etc). It currently relies on simple text-pattern matching, I'm really not sure how many cards this method will successfully detect. Perhaps there's a better way?

At the moment Compiz is started from the beginning of .xinitrc This is a compromise as on my machine it causes the taskbar to be hidden until the first mouse click. When I started Compiz from a later script (startxfce maybe) there would be an ugly moment of no window decorations.

Currently wNOP has been tested as working on these graphics cards:

Stable:

� ATI Radeon 9550 � ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 � ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 � nVidia GeForce 5200 � Nvidia Geforce MX 440 � Nvidia 6150se � Probably all nVidias

Possibly unstable:

� geforce 2 mx 400 � nvidia GeForce 6200