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Old 11-07-2008, 08:00 PM   #1
adammichael
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Awesome: XFCE4 + Compiz-Fusion


XFCE4 + Compiz-Fusion on Arch Linux

ArchLinux - I'm a fan now.

I haven't been able to achieve this "simply" with ANY other distro.

Code:
pacman -Syu compiz-gtk
fusion-icon &
That's it, it just works!

All I can say is: "wow" - simplicity with the eye-candy.

Emerald breathes new life in XFCE's themes (which are great to begin with.. but anyhow..)

Plus, it runs fast.


Ubuntu - every time I would try to config compiz or mess with it - it dies, and I can't fix it until I reinstall (or remove all my configs). I'm SURE I'm doing something wrong. If I try compiz on another DM (i.e. Xfce, KDE, fluxbox)- it dies. It only worked flawlessly in GNOME for me. I usually end up turning it off, since moving a window or doing anything is slows my PC to a crawl (AMD Athlon 1.6G). If it is manually installed - it will not work. This is Ubuntu 8.04 ( I don't know if they've fixed this in 8.11 ).

Red Hat - if I change a resolution or an xorg config it stops functioning.

Slackware- I don't really get how it "supposed" to work.

I can't speak for the other distros.
 
Old 11-09-2008, 05:23 AM   #2
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Hi adammichael,

Glad that you found something you liked. I will try it myself
 
  


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