Compiz? GNOME compositing!!

Three days ago a heard about the compositing extension in GNOME. In that post it is explained where it comes from and what’s its future. What I understood, basically, it’s that this extension is a kind of Kwin for GNOME (I know this is not, but it’s an idea).

Anyway, what I want to explain here is that this extension on GNOME 2.24 works very well. I’ve been having problems on Fedora and Ubuntu using compiz. The effects make the system work not smooth (can anybody help me and tell me whats the word to say when something is “not smooth”).

Activating native compositing in GNOME I’m able to use avant window navigator and other apps that need compositing without those problems that compiz usually cause when scrolling on Firefox, maximizing or minimizing windows, refreshing, etc.

So, if you want to be able to use apps that need compositing, but you don’t care about desktop effects, you can use this gnome extension… and I’m sure it’s what all we need (no more useless effects!!).

The way to enable it: you have to install gconf-editor (it’s not installed by default on fedora) and then open a terminal and type:
gconf-editor

A new window will appear. Go to Apps > Metacity > General and check the compositing_manager box. Of course you need that your graphic driver support compositing.

Tags: Compiz, GNOME

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