An nameless reader writes "Past Blender releases, as capable as they were, had llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new thesaurus curves around between pure up and down and 90 degrees. The release of Blender 2.57 changes all that. No longer are simple face 'non discoverable.' It has more or less a entirely redesigned user ui that is clean, sensible and newbie friendly (hey, I'm using it!). It has a handy tab graphical user interface for Actions/Properties such as Render, Scene, World and Object etc. Plus, it's fast and CPU friendly. I'm running the sanctioned Blender standalone binary on Fedora 14, with 2GB RAM , Radeon X1300 (free drivers) and a cheap CPU Intel duel e2200. No more more slow GUI, no more 100% unexplained CPU, just great stuff. Kudos to all who made this possible."

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