It isn’t official yet, but Compiz and Beryl are merging. For the last few weeks I have been following the mailing list discussions on this topic. A lot of the work has been started. It is sort of unofficially announced, so I feel now is as good a time as any to comment.
There is a lot of skepticism floating around this potential merger, and for good reason. This article explains a lot of the authors thoughts and it’s hard to disagree with him. While I don’t believe a 3D desktop is important to Linux at all, it would be nice to see something come together that blows every other OS GUI out of the water visually.
Source: Linux Tech Daily