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Last week, I managed to get XGL running in Linux. (Given the infamous difficulty--at least in my personal experience--involved in successfuly implementing anything video card-related in Linux, I think this qualifies me as some sort of extreme hacker.) At the moment, XGL basically adds a number of nifty features and eye candy to the Linux desktop. It's still a bit rough around the edges, but it looks really nice, and several of the features are right on par with the Mac desktop features they're clearly imitating. Other goodies include some slick-looking window animations and assorted 3d-ish effects. Here's a few screenshots, of the fancy desktop-switching eye candy and the OS X Expose-style window selector respectively:

I don't think it's going to have Mac users tripping over their discarded MacBooks in a frantic rush to embrace Linux--at least, not until XGL takes less than a days' worth of tweaking to install and get running. But it's certainly nice to have a Linux desktop that looks as nifty-keen as a Mac desktop for a change!