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WINDOWS VISTA AERO VS LINUX UBUNTU BERYL

tearbd2 · 7M views · 2007-02-13 · 4:33

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Overview

A 2007 side-by-side demo comparing Windows Vista's Aero interface with Ubuntu running Beryl/Compiz, showing effects such as the desktop cube and burning windows.

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HN commenters cite it as the widely seen nostalgic video from the era when Linux desktop effects outpaced Vista.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2022–2025

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Linux & open-source ecosystemsGUI, HCI & interface history
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aranelsurion · 2025-09 · Reference

Compiz. Beryl. Compiz Fusion. Unlocks some fun memories. Also this video has some 6 million views now: [VIDEO] . I remember watching it and being awed by the cube effect.

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seltzered_ · 2023-11 · Reference

"Here comes the hotstepper..." ( see [LINK] for context linking to a popular video [VIDEO] from 2007 demoing some cube effects alongside burning windows and such.)

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quadrifoliate · 2022-01 · Reference

I instinctively expected to hear the notes of "Here Comes the Hotstepper" when I clicked on that video. I was expecting [VIDEO] which was somewhat popular to send around to show comparisons of how Compiz was so far ahead it could not just replicate Vista's interface, but could also better it in some aspects like the famous 3D cube. Thanks to you and others for working on it! Looking at the video almost 15 years later, I feel wistful for the joy that accompanied some of these desktop effects, and wonder where it has gone today.

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