There's this video on YouTube. It's all about the new "eye candy" in Windows and Ubuntu. In the first part of the video, the unseen demonstrator shows-off Windows Vista Aero, including some of the ...

Another problem I ran into with this upgrade was Compiz just stopped working. I used the "current drivers" but no Desktop Effects love. It took me weeks to figure this out, but I found a way to get ...

HowtoForge – This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here).

I've been using Compiz as my window manager of choice for years (since Beryl). The reason was primarily the features it had, like switching workspaces with mousewheel (Cube plugin), positioning ...