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Tag Archives: compiz
Should CCSM Be Purged from the Ubuntu Repos?
The headline to this article might sound inflammatory but it’s a question currently being debated on the Ubuntu Desktop mailing list.
Ubuntu’s Jorge Castro makes the case for ‘jettisoning’ the tool from the the Ubuntu Universe repositories (i.e. removing it from the Ubuntu Software Centre).
To Our Friend Sam
Sam Spilsbury has been the lead of Compiz for as long as I’ve paid attention to it. His blog is one that I follow closely to get a bit of insight into the project. Normally a place of brain dumps, something a bit more… troubling popped up on the twenty-fifth of December – an “Apology.” [...]
Ubuntu 11.10′s New Look Alt+Tab [Video]
The new look Alt+Tab switcher present in the Ubuntu 11.10 development releases was touched on by Jorge and Ahmed in their weekly ‘Unity Development Update‘ post. If you’re sensible enough to be waiting until October to try Ubuntu 11.10 you don’t need to miss out on the animated wonder: below is a super short video [...]
[How to] Add an Exposé Button to the Unity Launcher
Want to add an ‘expose’ style button to the Unity Launcher to quickly find the application window you’re looking for? Read on…
Help Compiz rockstar Sam Spilsbury squash the annoying invisible window bug…
In spite of best efforts, a weird bug in compiz causing windows to ‘become invisible’ is still haunting the users. Here is how you can help fix it.
‘Dialog sheets’ coming to Ubuntu 11.10
OS X uses them, GNOME 3 uses them, and for the Oneiric Ocelot so will Ubuntu.
What am I talking about? These….
Get your Compiz cube back on with Unity in Natty
I think it is fair to say that the Desktop Cube has been one of Linux’s iconic features. The cube provided both an easy way to visualise workspaces as well as a nice bit of eye-candy when using it.
The little things that matter: Unity’s new grid animations
I’m a sucker for detail.
In yesterdays update to Ubuntu 11.04′s Unity interface the Grid plugin (read ‘aero snap’) for Compiz added some animated ‘effects’ when being invoked. Read on to see them in action and why I think they’re more than just simple ‘bling’…
Unity personalization: how much can you really do?
In such a short time of development, improvements in speed, aesthetics, usability and more have come to life in the Compiz version of Unity.
But what about customization?
Banshee Alpha for Windows coming next week and other Banshee news
The much anticipated alpha release of Banshee for Windows is coming next week. The Windows port is attracting a lot of new contributors, bringing our new Windows effort up to 5 people actively working on it. Novell recently held their annual hackweek where their employees are allowed to work on anything they like and Gabriel [...]
How to increase the size of Compiz shadows under app windows
Not happy with the default size of the Compiz drop shadows under application windows? Here’s how to make them larger.
“Aero snap” in Ubuntu Unity [Video]
Bye bye inelegant hacks to achieve ‘Aero snap’ style window management in Ubuntu, and hello Unity + Compiz with it’s very own ‘edge snap’ plugin.
Watch it in action inside.
Wayland in action on Ubuntu [Video]
Check out this video of Wayland in action.