How To Install Compiz (Desktop Effects) on Ubuntu

[Renegades009]

How To Install Compiz (Desktop Effects) on Ubuntu
By Renegades009

Step 1: For Compiz Fusion to correctly work on your system you must install your video card drivers, if not already installed. To do so in Ubuntu go under System->Administration->Hardware Drivers, and install your graphic
s card drivers. In my case Nvidia ones.

By tylerpwns at 2008-09-02
Step 2:Now open Synaptic Package Manager, System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager. Search Compiz. Now mark installation for Compiz, Compiz-Settings-Manager, and Compiz-Plugins-Main/Extras.

By tylerpwns at 2008-09-02
Make sure you click ok when it asks you about the definitions. Then after the installation restart.

Step 3: Now go in System->Preferences->Appearance. Now go under Visual Effects and make sure custom or maybe advanced is the one marked. Close out.

Step 4: Go into System->Preferences->Advance Desktop Effects Settings. Check all the ones you want

By tylerpwns at 2008-09-02
close out and your done. Now mess around with all your new cool effects.


Final Product:
Rain Drop Effect(after enabled shift+f9) Note its animated just a still photo. You can even use your computer while its going on.

By tylerpwns
Desktops On a Cube(ctrl+alt then move your mouse) Its a cool way of changing desk tops.

By tylerpwns
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[Rawr]

Show a picture of the final product, or what you can do with this tool. Good start though, 6/10.

 

[Renegades009]

Added.

 

[The Fat Controller]

A pretty basic guide, since practically all Linux users know how to use a package manager. Detailed enough for what it sets out to explain though. 7/10.

 

[lagbot]

Very detailed guide. Even though it's
very basic to do this, it still has plenty
of pictures. 7.5/10

 

[Rawr]

Added.

Very nice now, I like it and am going to try it. 8.5/10

 

[Linux]

Even though I do not like the cube effect, you seem to know something about Ubuntu, you could make the pictures smaller though
6/10

 

[cp]

Nice guide, now only if my video card could handle compiz. >__<

Are all those effects only available in the latest version of Ubuntu? I'm running 6.10 + latest version of Compiz, but I never saw those effects other than "opacify" and the cubed-desktop thing. ;-;

 

[Merchant Of Crystal Tears]

The format is decent, good job.
Coloring: It's all green :s, It hurts my eyes.
Though I don't look on testing this guide out (because I have a mac) it does look very good. Bravo, 7/10.

 

[Renegades009]

Nice guide, now only if my video card could handle compiz. >__<

Are all those effects only available in the latest version of Ubuntu? I'm running 6.10 + latest version of Compiz, but I never saw those effects other than "opacify" and the cubed-desktop thing. ;-;

What graphics card do you have? You have to download compiz manager and the extra plugins probaly. Then look through and find out there key combos and don't forget to enable them first.