what is that BOX program called for linux?
Friday, December 10th, 2010 at
16:59
Im looking for that pointless but cool program for linux that is like a cube that you can switch between applications.
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Filed under: Linux Applications
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To have switchable desktops which Compiz offers is hardly pointless however I grant you some of the features are of little use
My answer is based on the assumption you are working with Ubuntu
INSTALLATION OF GRAPHICS DRIVERS AND COMPIZ
Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop NVIDIA cards (same applies to ATI cards apart from Driver installation)
http://www.howtoforge.com/enabling-compiz-fusion-on-an-ubuntu-9.04-desktop-nvidia-geforce-fx-5200
ATI Cards
RadeonDriver
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
RadeonXpress
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonXpress
COMPIZ FEATURES BREAKDOWN
CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM)
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/CCSM
CompizPluginsMain
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/PluginsMain
CompizPluginsExtra
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/PluginsExtra
EmeraldThemeManager
http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/EmeraldThemeManager
CURRENT SESSION
Linux Mint 6 ext3 with switchable Compiz 0.7.2* and Beryl 0.2.1**
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=31
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_%28window_manager%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz
*Compiz 0.7.2 sourced from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Alpha 5) repositories
**Beryl 0.2.1 sourced from Ubuntu 7.04 repositories
LUg.
Compiz.
second that…..yes compiz!!!
love it like heck