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Category: Ubuntu
Posts related to my work on Ubuntu desktop from when I was working for Canonical.
Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode Improvements
Compiz window management: New options that increase performance.
Creating a PPA for nux, compiz and unity
The process to backport a compiz bug fix on Trusty (current LTS release: Xenial).
Recently, I had to follow the SRU process to add a Compiz bug fix on Trusty for the 1st time. It’s useful to have the detailed steps somewhere so.. here’s what I did:
Continue reading The process to backport a compiz bug fix on Trusty (current LTS release: Xenial).
Compiz Introduction and Demo Extra: HOWTO Build the Ubuntu Desktop (the script way)
Step 1: Create the necessary directories and scripts
Continue reading Compiz Introduction and Demo Extra: HOWTO Build the Ubuntu Desktop (the script way)
Coming soon: shadows for shaped windows.
I am about to finish a new visual effect on Unity 7 desktop so that the shaped windows (those that are not rectangular) can have shadows too.
Some Compiz bugs will be automatically closed.
Since, there were hundreds of old, invalid and expired bugs reported under the Compiz project on Launchpad, the desktop team recently decided to close a few of them and prioritize the others. Therefore we decided to close the bugs that:
Continue reading Some Compiz bugs will be automatically closed.
Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 5/5: How to write a Compiz Plugin
Step by step instructions on how to write a Compiz plugin:
Continue reading Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 5/5: How to write a Compiz Plugin
Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 4/5: Build the Ubuntu Desktop
HOW TO build the Ubuntu Desktop
This tutorial assumes that you have already installed the Ubuntu Desktop dependencies and development tools mentioned in Part 3/5.
In this post I’ll explain what I usually do to build the Ubuntu Desktop in a local directory (let’s call it ubuntu) and test it on my machine. If you need a quick full build using a script (recommended!) please check these steps here: “HOWTO build the Ubuntu desktop using scripts”
First of all, I create the directory:
Continue reading Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 4/5: Build the Ubuntu Desktop