*nix Eye Candy
I'm posting this from a computer running Ubuntu "Edgy" and Beryl.
Originally I was running "Dapper Drake" but found some limitations when running XGL/AIGLX software, so I torrented Ubuntu 6.10 64-bit edition in about half an hour (free open software is great). The new Edgy build has AIGLX integrated, so that made life easy. Installed, updated nVidia beta drivers (shouldn't have done that) and followed these instructions. Rebooted to find myself locked at the command line with nVidia driver conflict errors. After a few tense moments, I managed to uninstall the nVidia drivers with this command:
sudo dpkg --purge nvidia-kernel-common
Rebooted into Ubuntu and reinstalled the beta nVidia drivers again. Beryl now works with cool swishy, fading, 3D GUI effects. I like eye candy.
