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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

Revision as of 12:15, 25 March 2010

Compiz

  • Get compiz running via compiz --replace.
    • Add this to GNOME's startup applications to make it your default window manager
  • Enable Alt+Tab window switching via the "Application Switcher" plugin
    • I don't like the zooming effect; scale it to 0x
  • Enable Super+Tab folded window switching via the "Shift Switcher" plugin
    • Has some conflicts with "Application Switcher" by default; I disable all but "Next Window", "Previous Window" and "Initiate"
    • Be sure the "Text" rendering plugin is enabled to get window titles
  • Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" 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 SSH forwarding
  • Go ahead and use "Bicubic Filtering" if you've got the horsepower

Nautilus

  • Video thumbnailing requires totem-video-thumbnailer, part of the totem package
    • You'll also likely need raise the limit on thumbnailable media files; I thumbnail any local file < 1G

GNOME Panel

  • 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): "(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu | Dialog)"

GNOME Control Center

  • Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the Lagom LCD Test page

See Also