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Dank: /* Compiz */

2012-04-21T02:53:17Z

Compiz

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	** Spherical deformation on rotate		** Spherical deformation on rotate
	** Inside-the-cube view		** Inside-the-cube view
			* App Switcher
			** Maximize "Speed"
			** Minimize "Timestep"
			** Enable "Mipmap", "Bring to Front", "Icon", "Minimized", and "Auto-Rotate"
			** Reduce "Opacity" to 10
	===Other Plugins===		===Other Plugins===
	* I like the "animations" plugin		* I like the "animations" plugin

Dank at 23:47, 24 November 2011

2011-11-24T23:47:21Z

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	In March of 2010, I finally moved from my venerable XFCE4 + Xfwm setup to a glitzy GNOME + Compiz desktop. The experiment is largely successful thus far.		In March of 2010, I finally moved from my venerable XFCE4 + Xfwm setup to a glitzy GNOME + Compiz desktop. The experiment is largely successful thus far.
			==Disabling gnome-shell==
			gnome-shell, from what I can tell, is launched as part of the session definition file (/usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop). You can copy this to gnome-fallback.session in $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/gnome-session/sessions and run gnome-session out of .xsession without arguments, or (probably better) provide the --session argument to gnome-session and keep the modified file somewhere personal.
	==Screenlets==		==Screenlets==
	* The terminology is apparently "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_engine Widget Engine]"?		* The terminology is apparently "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_engine Widget Engine]"?

Dank at 03:36, 2 October 2011

2011-10-02T03:36:05Z

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	* Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin		* Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin
	** Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "<tt>(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu \| Dialog)</tt>"		** Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "<tt>(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu \| Dialog)</tt>"
			* I use avant-window-navigator now
	==GNOME Control Center==		==GNOME Control Center==
	* Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the [http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ Lagom LCD Test] page		* Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the [http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ Lagom LCD Test] page

Dank: /* Compiz */

2011-08-07T08:31:05Z

Compiz

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	** Be sure the "Text" rendering plugin is enabled to get window titles		** Be sure the "Text" rendering plugin is enabled to get window titles
	* Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin		* Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin
			** You'll want disable Nautilus's attempt to manage the background: use gconf-editor and unset apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop
			** Note that this will disable your desktop icons.
	* Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin		* Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin
	* "Trailfocus" handles general transparency		* "Trailfocus" handles general transparency

Dank at 20:45, 12 July 2011

2011-07-12T20:45:41Z

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	* Get compiz running via <tt>compiz --replace</tt>.		* Get compiz running via <tt>compiz --replace</tt>.
	** Add this to GNOME's startup applications to make it your default window manager		** Add this to GNOME's startup applications to make it your default window manager
			** Better than this command in your .xinitrc/.xsession is changing the "Window Manager" element of GNOME's Session-RequiredElements registry key.
	* Enable Alt+Tab window switching via the "Application Switcher" plugin		* Enable Alt+Tab window switching via the "Application Switcher" plugin
	** I don't like the zooming effect; scale it to 0x		** I don't like the zooming effect; scale it to 0x

Dank: /* Compiz */ transparent cubery

2011-07-11T22:50:20Z

Compiz: transparent cubery

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	** Set "Window to Start Fading" to 1		** Set "Window to Start Fading" to 1
	** Change opacity levels of unfocused and focused windows to 60 and 95, respectively		** Change opacity levels of unfocused and focused windows to 60 and 95, respectively
			* Cube: I use
			** transparency on rotate (requires that Compiz draw wallpaper)
			** Spherical deformation on rotate
			** Inside-the-cube view
	===Other Plugins===		===Other Plugins===
	* I like the "animations" plugin		* I like the "animations" plugin
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	** <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>: Alt+F1		** <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>: Alt+F1
	** <tt>/usr/bin/x-www-browser</tt>: Alt+F3		** <tt>/usr/bin/x-www-browser</tt>: Alt+F3

	==Nautilus==		==Nautilus==
	* Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package		* Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package

Dank at 12:24, 17 May 2010

2010-05-17T12:24:49Z

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	In March of 2010, I finally moved from my venerable XFCE4 + Xfwm setup to a glitzy GNOME + Compiz desktop. The experiment is largely successful thus far.		In March of 2010, I finally moved from my venerable XFCE4 + Xfwm setup to a glitzy GNOME + Compiz desktop. The experiment is largely successful thus far.
			==Screenlets==
			* The terminology is apparently "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_engine Widget Engine]"?
			* Anyway, I like [http://www.screenlets.org/index.php/Home screenlets.org]...for now. gDesklets?
			** It's said to be a [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1314575 dead project]...
			** I like the [http://www.screenlets.org/index.php/WaterMark WaterMark] screenlet
	==Compiz==		==Compiz==
	* Get compiz running via <tt>compiz --replace</tt>.		* Get compiz running via <tt>compiz --replace</tt>.

Dank at 12:21, 25 March 2010

2010-03-25T12:21:03Z

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			In March of 2010, I finally moved from my venerable XFCE4 + Xfwm setup to a glitzy GNOME + Compiz desktop. The experiment is largely successful thus far.
	==Compiz==		==Compiz==
	* Get compiz running via <tt>compiz --replace</tt>.		* Get compiz running via <tt>compiz --replace</tt>.

Dank at 12:19, 25 March 2010

2010-03-25T12:19:54Z

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	* The "Window Titles" plugin is useful in conjunction with [[OpenSSH\|SSH]] forwarding		* The "Window Titles" plugin is useful in conjunction with [[OpenSSH\|SSH]] forwarding
	* Go ahead and use "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicubic_interpolation Bicubic Filtering]" if you've got the horsepower		* Go ahead and use "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicubic_interpolation Bicubic Filtering]" if you've got the horsepower
			===Keybindings===
			* "General Options" -> "Key Bindings":
			** Toggle vertical maximize: Ctrl+Up
			** Toggle horizontal maximize: Ctrl+Right
			** Disable everything else save "Close Window" (Alt+F4), "Window Menu" (Alt+space)
			* "Commands"
			** <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>: Alt+F1
			** <tt>/usr/bin/x-www-browser</tt>: Alt+F3
	==Nautilus==		==Nautilus==
	* Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package		* Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package
	** You'll also likely need raise the limit on thumbnailable media files; I thumbnail any local file < 1G		** You'll also likely need raise the limit on thumbnailable media files; I thumbnail any local file < 1G
	==GNOME Panel==		==GNOME Panel==
			* Users of taskbars (the "Window Selector" applet) will want to look into Compiz's "Window Preview" plugin
	* Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin		* Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin
	** Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "<tt>(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu \| Dialog)</tt>"		** Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "<tt>(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu \| Dialog)</tt>"
	==GNOME Control Center==		==GNOME Control Center==
	* Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the [http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ Lagom LCD Test] page		* Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the [http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ Lagom LCD Test] page
			* Don't set wallpaper here if Compiz is handling it
	==See Also==		==See Also==
	* [[Xorg hell\|Xorg]] page		* [[Xorg hell\|Xorg]] page

Dank: /* Compiz */

2010-03-25T12:15:34Z

Compiz

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:15, 25 March 2010
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	* Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin		* Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin
	* Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin		* Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin
			* "Trailfocus" handles general transparency
			** Set "Window to Start Fading" to 1
			** Change opacity levels of unfocused and focused windows to 60 and 95, respectively
			===Other Plugins===
			* I like the "animations" plugin
			* The "Window Titles" plugin is useful in conjunction with [[OpenSSH\|SSH]] forwarding
			* Go ahead and use "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicubic_interpolation Bicubic Filtering]" if you've got the horsepower

	==Nautilus==		==Nautilus==
	* Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package		* Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package