.deb now available: Gloobus – “Cover Flow view” for Linux

It’s a bit buggy (i.e., alpha software), but I posted a request for the creation of a usable .deb package of the app for Ubuntu a few weeks back on the Getdeb.net bugzilla on Launchpad. It was finally published today on Getdeb.net.

Here it is for Hardy Heron (8.04 LTS) and compatible distros on Getdeb.net.

It is an app that allows you to view folders and files in a Cover Flow-like perspective, using OpenGL to render the animations.

Props and thanks go to Christoph Korn and João Pinto from Getdeb.net for taking time to publish the .deb and to Jordi Hernàndez a.k.a. BadChoice for creating the app and publishing the source code. Haven’t worked with the app extensively to give a fair assessment of its functionality at present (well duh, since I can’t post hyperlinks correctly in Firefox 3, which is default in Ubuntu. I’m using WinXP.), but I will a bit later in another post.

Updates, screenshots and video demos of the app in action can be found on the Gloobus blog. Please post bugs and suggestions to the bugzilla at Launchpad.net, so that the developer (yes, only one guy is working on this) can gain ideas on how to improve the app and its functionality.

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