> @"ZenAge.4863" said:
> Hey guys,
>
> Just a bit of an update for those who are interested about the development of **gw2taco_linux**.
>
> We are currently at **v0.9** which includes support for Arch/Deb, KDE, GNOME, Cinnamon & Xfce. I have also added the ability to download & manage other tacopacks from within the installer, and switch between them seamlessly.
>
> However, the main reason I am making this post to announce that I have begun work on implementing experimental transparency! Yes, now we no longer will have to depend on the opacity workaround with the diminished visibility, but rather use transparency as it was designed to be used.
>
> The solution was relatively simple, as always, but requires some work before I release an experimental option in v1.0. I did not bother looking for a way to use dwmapi from wine but instead use linux native window managers & compositors. This worked for opacity and also works for transparency.
>
> There are various ways this can be implemented (Wayland, OpenGL, Compton, etc) but for simplicity I will start work with compton. (I will probably be migrating the package to picom soon).
>
> * Transparency: 
> * TacoMan: 
> * GitLab: [https://gitlab.com/namoninja/gw2taco_linux](https://gitlab.com/namoninja/gw2taco_linux)
Thank you for all this great effort you are doing for the community. For sure a lot of players will be very grateful!. Like me, Im closely following your work, very exited for 1.0 :)
> @"ZenAge.4863" said: > Hey guys, > > Just a bit of an update for those who are interested about the development of **gw2taco_linux**. > > We are currently at **v0.9** which includes support for Arch/Deb, KDE, GNOME, Cinnamon & Xfce. I have also added the ability to download & manage other tacopacks from within the installer, and switch between them seamlessly. > > However, the main reason I am making this post to announce that I have begun work on implementing experimental transparency! Yes, now we no longer will have to depend on the opacity workaround with the diminished visibility, but rather use transparency as it was designed to be used. > > The solution was relatively simple, as always, but requires some work before I release an experimental option in v1.0. I did not bother looking for a way to use dwmapi from wine but instead use linux native window managers & compositors. This worked for opacity and also works for transparency. > > There are various ways this can be implemented (Wayland, OpenGL, Compton, etc) but for simplicity I will start work with compton. (I will probably be migrating the package to picom soon). > > * Transparency:  > * TacoMan:  > * GitLab: [https://gitlab.com/namoninja/gw2taco_linux](https://gitlab.com/namoninja/gw2taco_linux) Thank you for all this great effort you are doing for the community. For sure a lot of players will be very grateful!. Like me, Im closely following your work, very exited for 1.0 :)