Showing posts with label compiz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compiz. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
How To Use Compiz In Ubuntu MATE 14.04 Or 14.10
If you're using Ubuntu MATE 14.04 LTS or 14.10, here's a quick guide for how to install and configure Compiz. If something goes wrong or you're not satisfied with Compiz, the article includes instructions for reverting the changes.
Install and configure Compiz in Ubuntu MATE 14.04 or 14.10 (/w MATE 1.8)
1. Install Compiz (along with some extra plugins) and CompizConfig Settings Manager in Ubuntu MATE 14.04 or 14.10:
sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins compizconfig-settings-manager2. Enable the Window Decoration Compiz plugin
To get Compiz to work in Ubuntu MATE 14.10 or 14.04 (with MATE 1.8), you need to enable the Window Decoration plugin. To do this, launch CompizConfig Settings Manager (from the menu: System > Preferences) and enable the "Window Decoration" plugin, which should be available under "Effects":
This is the only plugin that you need to enable manually to get Compiz to work in Ubuntu MATE 14.04 or 14.10 - all the other required plugins should be enabled by default. Of course, you can enable any extra plugins you want.
3. Run Compiz without setting it as default (this is useful if you want to test Compiz before setting it as default)
To try out Compiz without setting it as default, either press ALT + F2 to open the Run Application dialog or open a terminal and in either of those, use the following command:
compiz --replace4. Set Compiz as default in Ubuntu MATE
If you're satisfied with Compiz and you want it to start by default when you log in, use the following command (this command sets Compiz as the Window Manager in MATE's session required-components gsettings key):
gsettings set org.mate.session.required-components windowmanager compiz(This can also be done using a GUI, by launching Dconf Editor, navigating to org > mate > desktop > session > required-components and replacing "marco" with "compiz" for the "windowmanager")
How to revert the changes
If you want to revert the changes made by following the instructions above, and go back to using Marco (MATE's default) instead of Compiz, use the following command:
gsettings reset org.mate.session.required-components windowmanager(Again, this can also be done with a GUI, by launching Dconf Editor, navigating to org > mate > desktop > session > required-components, selecting "windowmanager" and then clicking the "Set to default" button)
Then, log out and log back in - Compiz shouldn't be used any more. If you want, you can now safely remove Compiz, by using the following command:
sudo apt-get remove compiz compiz-plugins-default compiz-plugins compizconfig-settings-manager
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Unity Spread Gets Support For Filtering Windows By Title, Live Window Resize [Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr]
Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr: Unity 7 and Compiz were updated again today, bringing two improvements: support for filtering windows by title in Unity Spread and "live" window resize mode.
Unity Spread (triggered by clicking on an application icon in the Launcher which already has focus and has multiple windows or for all open windows, by pressing SUPER + W) has received support for filtering windows by title.
The search field is not displayed by default in the Unity Spread, but as soon as you start typing, the windows are filtered by their title and a Dash-like search is displayed on top of the spread view:
Below you can watch a quick video recorded by +Marco Trevisan (the man behind this new feature) in which he demoes the new Unity Spread with keyboard filtering support in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr:
(direct video link)
The second improvement added to Unity and Compiz today is "live" resizing mode. This improvement is possible thanks to the much improved resize speed introduced by the new Unity GTK3 CSS-themed window decorations.
Until now, resizing windows in Unity would only display a frame with the new window size and the actual resize would only happen after you were done resizing the window:
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| Old window resize |
Starting today, Unity uses "live" resize, meaning that the window is resized in real time.
I didn't post a screenshot with the new resize feature because all you'd see would be a simple window, since the frame is no longer displayed.
These changes should be available for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr users in a few minutes / hours.
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