Tag: compiz

About

Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that is able to take advantage of OpenGL-acceleration. The integration allows it to perform compositing effects in window management, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace. Compiz conforms to the ICCCM standard and as such can substitute for the default Metacity in GNOME or KWin in KDE. Compiz brings some of the features found in competitors, such as Exposé in Apple's Mac OS X and an Alt-Tab application-switcher that uses live previews, instead of just icons. Compiz is built on the Composite extension to X and the GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap extension to OpenGL. The first version of Compiz was released by Novell in January 2006 in the wake of the also new Xgl.

Initially Compiz only functioned on the types of hardware well supported by Xgl. Most NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards are known to work with Compiz on Xgl, although bugs both in Xgl and Compiz still remain as both systems are essentially brand new, and are still in heavy development. As of May 22, 2006 Compiz works with modifications on the standard X.Org server, with AIGLX enabled. With AIGLX, Intel cards can also be used with Compiz, including mobile cards.

NVIDIA's binary-drivers (since Version 1.0-9629) support GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap on standard X.Org server (see Hardware Requirements).

Recently, discussions between Beryl and Compiz have led to an agreement to merge the two projects in Compiz Fusion, which "(...) will be based on the latest Compiz core and will provide the 'best' plugins, decorators, settings tools, and related applications from each community."

From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz

 

Disable snapping windows in compiz-fusion

Running compiz-fusion for some time, one thing started to annoy me. Snapping windows. The first thing I obviously looked for was the Snapping Windows Plugin. But that was already disabled. I'm blogging the setting that controls this behavior because it took me some time to find it, I think other people may find it contra productive as well.

Upgrade to Ubuntu Gutsy with Compiz-Fusion

In Ubuntu Feisty I've been using compiz-fusion from Treviño’s Ubuntu Repository in combination with a nVidia driver provided by Envy like in this how-to. Running those cutting edge Feisty versions allowed me to have all the nice features that were being developed and lose some bugs that persisted in stable versions, like black windows & strange borders.

But two months ago I upgraded to Gutsy and you will be happy to know that Ubuntu Gutsy has got every awesome feature & bugfix in it's ...


Enable compiz-fusion in Ubuntu Feisty

Warning. This article is meant for Ubuntu Feisty only and is therefore deprecated! Compiz-fusion comes standard in more recent Ubuntu versions, so don't use this article anymore! I would have taken this article offline if it wasn't for the fact that there are still some Feisty users out there who find this useful. If you're in the midst of upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy, read howto upgrade to Ubuntu Gutsy without breaking compiz-fusion!

Upgrade to Ubuntu Gutsy Tribe 3 ALPHA

The stable version of the newest Ubuntu version Gutsy Gibbon will be released in October 2007. I could not wait that long however. And since the third alpha of Ubuntu 7.10 was recently released, I figured let's give it a shot. Testing alpha releases (especially from Ubuntu ) is like looking into the crystal ball of technology. This is how I upgraded and got compiz working again.