Compiz & XGL
 

Hi, I'm EXTREMELY new with Linux, and I've been trying to install XGL, which of course needs Compiz. But I don't know how to set it up to work.

I'm using 2 distros. Suse 10.1 (For KDE) and Ubuntu (For Gnome).

Could anybody please help me with a step-by-step guide (if possible), on how to do this?

Thank you

try this,
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=127090

I had installed XGL on Fedora Core 5, the cube worked perfectly but everything became slow, the login screen was distorted. I think XGL needs to develop alot more in terms of support.

Personally I think XGL is a waste of time. OK, I was impressed with the way it looked and I enjoyed spinning the cube for about five minutes. It has some kinda nice features but it's just eye candy and I didn't see any benefit over using the conventional desktop.

Thanks Guys!!!

I know it's nothing more than just a fancy desktop switcher and eye-candy, but seeing that I'm new :newbie: to Linux, I'm enjoying installing all kinds of new stuff.

Thanks once again

Jeez, Extrasolar, have a little fun. Do you have your background set to light grey and all the window components set to black and white? Anything more is an unnecessary waste of time;) I'm not going to use this where I need solid stability, but to many people it's not a waste of time if it gets more people interested in using Linux.

NetStrider: check out the guide for Suse 10.1 at http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/17174.html. Read the whole thing first. There are a couple of useful nuggets in the comments.
Remember that this is experimental so you may run into problems. (I ran into problems installing the NVIDIA driver-had to compile the kernel a couple of times, the xgl installation was simple). I just installed Suse for the first time a few days ago and learned a lot by installing xgl.

Actually, erm, no. I just don't see the point in it that's all. But as you say, if it gets more people interested in linux..

:)

You might want to try http://forums.xgl-coffee.org/ and http://www.compiz.net/. These are Compiz/XGL centric forums.

I didn't understand the need for multiple desktops when I first started using Linux until I was at work and found I couldn't work as efficiently with only one. XGL was the same way for me. I installed it originally to impress my friends and neighbors. Now I'm always trying to use XGL features at work. It's very frustrating. There's more to Compiz/XGL than a spinning cube. I also don't have stability or slowdown issues on my Gentoo/XGL install.