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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

what is the cube ?? so intriguing

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (4 children)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5oBSlNNTPRc

Sorry for the straight link, but, this is the cube. The cube is pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's been around for a while hasn't it?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Depends on what you mean by "a while". The cube is known since a decade, but was lost to old tech based on compiz. Since then some people tried to bring it back on the newer desktop environments through extensions and a new implementation of the idea. I think someone wrote an extension for GNOME before. The version on KDE is independent from that and different.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

compiz and emerald, wow I was not expecting to unlock that memory tonight!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah, that about lines up with the last time I saw it I think and compiz sounds familiar. Cool to see they brought it back!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

i also remember having the cube around the same time in OSX somehow but I forget the method

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

We only accept gay links here, buddy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Oooh I've seen this years ago ! looks pretty cool. It's basically a workspace switcher.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://m.piped.video/watch?v=5oBSlNNTPRc

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

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