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After about a hour of tinkering I now have Compiz set up to my liking. If you happen to have read my previous (and very old) post about running Compiz on my Presario, I did it much the same. Actually, aside from not having to tinker with the install, it is the same. Ha.

For those that do not know what Compiz is, it is a desktop effect program. Tons of things are capable with it. If you would like to see it in action scroll on down and click the Youtube link.

Basically, for my Asus U81A, all I had to do was click Applications>Add/Remove, search for “compiz” and install the “Advance Dedsktop Effects Settings.” Before doing so, I did have to enable multiverse in Software Sources. And that was it.

I plan on adding a video, as soon as I find a desktop recorder for Ubuntu that I like. (Recommendations are cool!)

Update: Since I am having trouble recording my desktop without stutters and such, here is a youtube video showing off tons of the effects Compiz is capable of: “Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Beta with Compiz effects Test.”

So, before I even dig into Ubuntu, setting up everything I enjoy (Compiz, mp3 playback, ect) I thought I would mention this nice guide that I used to try Ubuntu 9.04 on my new Asus u81 (more on that later). I also plan on using the USB to install as well. Saves me a CD-R, and gives me something to do with my old USB drive!

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Well, I have a previous post with many steps. But after installing a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 I was able to skip all that and do just one simple step for Compiz Fusion. Well, maybe two steps:

Step 1. Click System > Administration > Hardware Drivers, and enable “ATI accelerated graphics driver”. Let is install what you need, and reboot when it says to. Then upon reboot:

Step 2. Use this command in the terminal:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager gnome-art usplash startupmanager

And reboot again, and your set! You can now go to System > Preferances > Advanced Desktop Effects Settings, and set Compiz Fusion how you would like. You can follow the tuturial I used in the previous guide for this, Forlong’s Compiz Fusion Customization Guide.

The following couple steps allowed me to get my BSM43XX wireless internet card to work in my Presrio V5000 laptop, running Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.10. I found the steps at the Ubuntu Forums.

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