mirketto Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Hi to all! I know that is possible to intall kde or gnome under macosx. For you, is possible to install kde or gnome and xgl? There are problem with libraries? Wath do you think? I think that's possible to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I think it's possible, it would be difficult to do. I'll try it when I get back home from vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guttertrash Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 the only issue is getting xorg to compile under osx. Its doable, but theres a bit of stuffing around. I would classify this as being on a parr with compiling wine with opengl under osx. Its totally doable, theoreticly not dificult at all, but when you start down the path you realise its nowhere near as simple as it seems. I am dead keen to get this working tho, I just know im going to kill my kde install when i try to change xservers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 KGE has been compiled and rnning on OSX with darwinports.do a search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRP Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 KDE works on Macs. I use it. Dunno 'bout GNOME, because it smells like feet. Xgl couldn't run under OS X properly the way things are now. Heck, it doesn't work well enough on Linux and the bunch to even consider it. Better to just try to rewrite something compiz-like for OS X using the provided API's for window-warping and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 How does the xgl server and compiz work on bsd? You will have to stop aqua from running unless you do some major hacking. I don't think it is easily done. And with driver restraints, I would't even begin if you do not have a fully supported ATI card. Though a major task, a worthy project... with an organized team. Imagine Aqua with compiz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRP Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Maybe a 10.5.2 easter egg will run amok, who knows? Looks like someone should get on it if they want to make a few bucks, though. Or even better, make it free and get eternal praise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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