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Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode Improvements
Compiz window management: New options that increase performance.
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:
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Compiz Introduction and Demo Extra: HOWTO Build the Ubuntu Desktop (the script way)
Step 1: Create the necessary directories and scripts
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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.
Compiz Introduction and Demo Part 5/5: How to write a Compiz Plugin
Step by step instructions on how to write a Compiz plugin:
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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:
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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 2/5: Plugin demonstration
Some well known compiz plugins: