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One that really struck my fancy was the “Ubuntu Linux Vista Professional” by CentralX. How cool looking is this:
The best part of it all is that he got it all working together using Gnome/XGL/Compiz/CGWD.
For those not in the know (I just had to hunt for this), CGWD is short for “custom-generic-window-decorator”, which is a replacement for the not-very-helpful gnome-window-decorator program you run when you use XGL to theme your windows. CGWD was created by QuinnStorm (original announcement).
Here’s a screenshot of what is possible (from the Compiz blog):
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