Wasney's Blog » 9.04 http://www.w45n3y.com | live | die | post | enjoy | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:06:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Compiz on Ubuntu 9.04 (on Asus U81A) http://www.w45n3y.com/compiz-on-ubuntu-9-04-on-asus-u81a/ http://www.w45n3y.com/compiz-on-ubuntu-9-04-on-asus-u81a/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:34:10 +0000 Wasney http://www.w45n3y.com/?p=230 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.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zoXquJdwMI
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I recommend this to anyone that runs both. Just one heads up, make sure to be plugged in (if you have a laptop), and defrag before hand…Lol. I would not wish my luck on anyone else!

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The guide I used is located at How To Plaza, a site I located by Stumbling. So go ahead, follow the link, and give it a try!

Continue on to create a Ubuntu 9.04 Live-USB.

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