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Compiz Window Manager Released

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2006-02-10 12:29. Novell
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Compiz, the OpenGL window/composite manager, has been released following David Reveman's talk at XDevconf yesterday.

"Compiz is an OpenGL compositing manager that use GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap for binding redirected top-level windows to texture objects. It has a flexible plug-in system and it is designed to run well on most graphics hardware."

Also, a new video demonstrating Compiz on XGL is now online. The video displays numerous previously unseen effects such as 3D objects on the desktop and animated backgrounds.

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Here's a quick guide for

Submitted by Anonymous George on Wed, 2006-02-15 12:43.

Here's a quick guide for those running dapper (how I did it):

1) Install xserver-xgl and compiz from dapper universe;

2) Install mesa from the link provided in the parent post. You only need mesa.

3) Log in to GNOME, open a terminal and run:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mesa/lib/ compiz --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom scale move resize place switcher &

The order is important. Then run:
gnome-window-decorator &

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