Ubuntu Tweak Blog » compositing manager http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com Let's tweak Ubuntu! Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:30:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Turn on the Compositing Feature of Metacity http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2008/02/10/turn-on-the-compositing-feature-of-metacity.html http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2008/02/10/turn-on-the-compositing-feature-of-metacity.html#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:07:34 +0000 TualatriX http://ubuntu-tweak.com/2008/02/10/turn-on-the-compositing-feature-of-metacity.html Thanks of Valentin, he added a new feature of Ubuntu Tweak, so that Ubuntu Tweak has the ability to turn on the Compositing Feature of Metacity. It is only work under Ubuntu 8.04.

Metacity is a compositing manager in Hardy now. But Compiz Fusion is turn on under Hardy by default if your hardware support. Now there’s another way to enjoy the Compositing feature, fast and simple.

First, make sure that Compiz Fusion is turn off in your hardy.

Open “System”->” Preferences”->”Appearance”->”Visual Effects”, and select “None”.

appearance-preferences.png

Then press “Alt + F2 ” or open the Terminal, type: gconf-editor to open the Configuration Editor.

Find the key: /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager, then turn on.

configuration-editor-general.png

The metacity is a compositing manager now! You can see the shadow of the windows and menu.

If you press Alt+Tab, you’ll see the screen like this:

compositing-manager-metacity.png

And you can run some application like Avant Window Navigator without Compiz, that’s the power of Compositing!

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