David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. wrote: > Ken Schneider wrote: >> David C. Rankin J.D. P.E. wrote: >>> Mates, >>> >>> For those that have not yet played with Compiz-fusion, I have grabbed a >>> few screenshots of my laptop that show a few of the new features. I >>> usually don't get that hyped up about desktops. I just want something >>> that is clean, fast and that works. Compiz is something to get excited >>> about. I has some new features that introduce a whole new way of doing >>> things. >>> >>> Of course there is the cube that you rotate to select the desktop you >>> want (ctrl+alt+"grab desktop with mouse") >>> >>> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-rotate.png >>> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-rotate1.png >>> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-rotate3.png >>> >>> A very improved task-switch: (alt+tab) >>> >>> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-tsk-switch.png >>> >>> Switch Select is another great feature that allows you to cycle through >>> the open applications on a desktop (shift+winKey*+s) >>> >>> /mnt/nemesis-cfg/srv/www/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-switchSelect.png >>> >>> Another very cool feature shows all open applications tiled across the >>> desktop just by moving the mouse to the top-right corner of the desktop. >>> Notice the active application is white opaque while the inactive widows >>> are semi-transparent. You can select any window or click on the desktop >>> to minimize all apps and show the desktop: >>> >>> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-view3.png >>> >>> >>> * compiz uses <super> to denote the windows key, winKey makes more sense >>> to me. >>> >> I have a question regarding compiz-fusion, is it possible to have more >> then 4 virtual desktops? I did the _one click_ install from >> http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz-Fusion#openSUSE_10. >> >> On another PC and it reduced the number of defined desktops from 8 to 4. >> On my main desktop I usually have something open on at least 5 desktops >> and prefer to have more than 4 available. >> >> Ken > > Ken, > > I'm sure you can. Under compiz -> settings-manager -> General Options > -> Desktop Size You can set as many horizontal sides as you want and as > many desktops as you want. I have also seen the option to have multiple > cubes as well. > > For fun, while writing this response, I set horizontal virtual size to > 6 and I ended up with a six-sided hexagon shaped cube. Really cool. See: > > http://www.3111skyline.com/download/screenshot/compiz/compiz-rotate4.jpg >
Thanks for the info, I'm adding this info here for others that might not want to try compiz thinking it may be to complex. After testing on my test machine I took the plunge and installed Compiz Fusion on my main PC. What a breeze it was. 1. Went to http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz-Fusion#openSUSE_10.3 and used the "one-click-install" to install the required packages and also the Compiz Manager. 2. Went to a terminal window and ran the following as root: gnome-xgl-switch --enable-xgl 3. Reboot and login and it works. I think it might be an easy thing to add to the install DVD for 11.0 as a one check box item to install the software and the enable command. AS to Randall's comment, true it doesn't add to the multiple desktops that KDE has, just a different way of getting from one to another. As you said "eye candy" Ken Schneider -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
