Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 3/5: Development, Tools and Support

Compiz, Nux and Unity 7, the 3 main programs of the official Ubuntu Desktop Environment are written in C++. Their source code is stored in bazaar (bzr) repositories on Launchpad (http://launchpad.net). Nux uses an autotools based build system, whereas Unity and Compiz use cmake.

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Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 1/5: The Ubuntu Desktop

This is a short description of the current (Unity 7) Ubuntu Desktop structure.

To begin with, the Ubuntu desktop consists of three main programs (nux, compiz and unity) that interact with a fourth one: the well known X server.

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Unbrick dead Google Nexus Galaxy – Install Ubuntu

Yesterday, I tried to turn on my Ubuntu Google Nexus phone and it was pretty dead… I couldn’t turn it on or charge it. I finally fixed it by following these steps:

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Libgliar: a library that lies to the OpenGL programs about the OpenGL context information

libgliar — a library that lies to the OpenGL programs about the OpenGL context info (for Linux only). Code: bzr branch lp:libgliar

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How to build and test nux quickly

Arguments can be:

Example usage:

(or ./configure if you have already ran autogen)

you can find your nux installation files in /home/user/staging/install/nux ($PREFIX)

Now, if you want to test nux:

and then you can run any nuxplayground example from /bin/ *