Tag: desktop environment
Compiz window management: New options that increase performance.
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 2/5: Plugin demonstration
Some well known compiz plugins:
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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Compiz and Unity 7 fixes
This is one of my rare posts about work. After several weeks of fixes the basic Compiz plugins work again with Unity 7.