The step-by-step guide to installing ATI/NVIDIA, Xgl/AIGLX, and Compiz Fusion
The 3D world just got a lot brighter with the birth of Compiz Fusion, a powerful compositing window manager for GNU/Linux operating systems. Originally there was one project, Compiz, but the project forked into Compiz, and the unstable and unofficial fork of Compiz known as Beryl. Now, the two projects have been reunited for one amazing compositing window manager. In a nutshell, it adds effects to your desktop like wobbly windows (the windows actually wobble when you move them), a cool virtual desktops manager via a cube, and much more. For proof of how cool it is, just do a Google Video/YouTube search for “compiz fusion”.
Unfortunately, Compiz Fusion has little or no documentation. The little that exists is meant for hardcore geeks who are expected to know what obscure and unintuitive commands like “git” are. They also don’t explain how to install a composite manager or a video card driver (both of which are required for Compiz Fusion to function properly). Worse still, much of the documentation available will only work for one type of video card (NVIDIA tutorials won’t work with ATI cards, and vice versa). And worst of all, virtually all of the tutorials out there are for Ubuntu and won’t work for Kubuntu or Xubuntu users. Therefore, this guide was created as a sort of all-in-one guide for all users of the major Ubuntu distributions and the major video cards.
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 1909 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
Free Software Magazine or FSM
I don't mean to be picky but it would be really great is you could use either the full title for our publication ("Free Software Magazine"), or, if you want to abbreviate it, just "FSM", rather than "freesoftware mag".
Thanks for your understanding and thanks for linking to us!
re: FSM
picky, picky, picky!