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Enable RGBA Window Transparency In Ubuntu Karmic

Enabling RGBA GTK – or, for a helpful description, ‘proper window transparency’ – used to require a ton of compiling followed by a lot of groaning and wondering whether it was worth it. Well those days are long behind now thanks in part to the Ubuntu team were working on getting an RGBA enabled GTK [...]

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Ubuntu Lucid To Get Windows Aero Style Look Thanks To Enhanced GTK+

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Lucid may not be getting a new GTK theme but it will still be getting an entirely new look. Ubuntu’s Ayatana team (most famed for creating those awesome ‘new’ notification balloons that came in Jaunty) are currently testing a super-duper enhanced version of GTK+ that adds RGBA support (think Windows Aero) and client side window [...]

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