Re: [Hampshire] Compiz Fusion

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Author: Mark Johnson
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Compiz Fusion

> It seems to be better than the compiz in Sid at the moment, especially
> the config management, but I still get fairly frequent crashes in
> kde-window-decorator, it still doesn't work with the Baghira style
> (produces lots of tiny windows then locks up)


That's strange, I'm using Baghira and it works without a problem in Feisty.

> and the interaction
> between KDE and Compiz for multiple desktops is dire.


Unfortunately, still true.

> Also I can't
> seem to get the 'water' plugin to do anything, but I don't know what
> I'm looking for anyway!
>


Press Shift+F9 to toggle the rain effect. There's other commands as well,
you can find them in the "Actions" tab on the plugin's configuration
dialogue.
It's not a terribly useful plugin as it is, but people have used Dbus to
do some cool stuff with it [1]

Cheers,
Mark

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcOZMGuieDU