What you like the most about AERO Aero Discuss What you like the most about AERO in the Vista Features forums; The AERO in Vista was pretty cool until I tried Linux with the Beryl desktop manager. The entire title bar and borders are transparent, and with a single stroke I ...

[Sandi]

The AERO in Vista was pretty cool until I tried Linux with the Beryl desktop manager. The entire title bar and borders are transparent, and with a single stroke I can make an entire window transparent to see what's behind it. Not to mention special fades like burning or exploding closed windows, zigzag minimize etc. Now when I'm in Vista I don't disapoint myself by turning AERO on.

On the bright side maybe someday Beryl will be available for all versions of Windows.

[Znod]

I have been trying to figure out what to do with my spare Raptor. Maybe you have "answered" my question. But, I'll need help on getting the boot loader/menu right--with Raptor Raid 0/32-bit; Raptor/64-bit; and Linux/Beryl (maybe). Any thoughts?

[Sandi]

Originally Posted by Znod

I have been trying to figure out what to do with my spare Raptor. Maybe you have "answered" my question. But, I'll need help on getting the boot loader/menu right--with Raptor Raid 0/32-bit; Raptor/64-bit; and Linux/Beryl (maybe). Any thoughts?

Well I tried at least a half dozen distributions of Linux and the easiest to install was Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn beta). However with any of the distros I had to use two install switches or they wouldn't even boot, let alone install: noapic nosmp.

However install switches are machine dependent, and if you have a newer system you may not need any.