Compiz in Ubuntu Update
Rather than reply to the comments left on my last post I’ve decided to write this so more people will see the answers.
First of all, my source of info is me. I’m on the compiz team in Ubuntu.
We’ve fixed the Intel driver so compiz+video works there unless you have a 965 (x3000 or x3100). If you have one of those compiz will refuse to start now. That is actually how we are dealing with most of the driver and/or hardware problems right now. We’re just blacklisting cards that have been known to have problems.
So, you shouldn’t have to worry about what happens when compiz isn’t supported on your card or doesn’t work right. In that case you’ll just get metacity. It’s not the greatest solution but it’s what we have to work with until proper fixes are done in the drivers.
The only hardware known to work with compiz is newer (2000 or later) ATI, Intel (other than 965), and nVidia. It might work on others if you use Xgl but those are the main ones. I doubt it’ll ever work on Via stuff, the driver situation there seems pretty bad.
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