Compiz Fusion
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Compiz Fusion adds many attractive visual effects, that some people like and others find very distracting. It also appears to slow down the computer, especially on older machines, or if you run machine near its limits in terms of memory and CPU usage.
Compiz Fusion runs in GNOME, KDE and even in LXDE.
Default Compiz Fusion settings
To meet every Mandriva user expectancies, the activated plugins have to be limited and should not interfere with a productive environment. On the other hand, some customization is needed to have compiz fusion well integrated into the default desktop environment.
In consequence, these plugins have been chosen to be activated by default :
- Desktop Cube
- Rotate Cube
- Fading windows
- Minimize effect
- Window decoration
- Wobbly windows
- Png
- Dbus
- Workarounds
- Application switcher
- Move window
- Place windows
- Resize window
- Scale
Optionally (have to be discussed) :
- Enable Expo
- Enable Cube reflection
- Disable Zoom desktop
Customizations :
- Scale plugin -> disable "Initiate window picker" by pointing top-right corner of the screen
- Change Expo keyboard shortcut to something else than Super+E because of a conflict with "launch konqueror" under KDE
- Desktop Cube -> Opacity during rotation = 50%
- Expo and Cube reflection : change color to #46559C
- Desktop cube -> Cube caps set to /usr/share/compositing-wm/mandriva-top.png
Disabling Compiz Fusion
To disable the effects after startup (but not stop it launching), use this command:
metacity --replace
To stop it from loading at startup, either:
- Uninstall "compiz" in Software Management, removing it for all users; or
- In GNOME, System > Preferences > Appearances, on the "Visual Effects" tab pick the lowest setting, which is Metacity instead of Compiz. This prevents Compiz from loading at boot for the current user; other users will still get their default setting. (Note I haven't tested this - please confirm and remove this note, or change if not accurate. --Chriswaterguy 07:15, 5 December 2008 (CET))
