Compiz is advanced desktop effect plugin for ubuntu. I this tutorial I will guide you how to install and configure compiz on ubuntu. But first watch this video which shows some effect generated by compiz.

How to install Compiz?

Run This command in terminal

sudo apt-get install compiz compizconfig-settings-manager

Configure Compiz using CCSM (CompizConfig Settings Manager)

System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager

Some quick tricks:

- Hold CTRL + ALT keys and with the left mouse button rotate the cube
- Super + E activates the Expo plugin
- Hold Super + Shift and with your mouse paint fire on your desktop
- Super + Shift + C will erase the fire paint
- Super + Tab activates the Ring Switcher plugin

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  8 Responses to “Advanced desktop effect in ubuntu using compiz fusion”

  1. Good plugins, too bad I’m not using ubuntu or others Linux distro.
    But it is a nice articles.

    Regards,
    Bayi ngeBlog

  2. Try ubuntu 9.04 you can install it inside windows

  3. Funny name … Ubuntu … I like it.
    Good plugins!

  4. Wow Thats Nice I Like It.

  5. It doesn’t get friendly with my ATI Radeon chip… That’s why I came back on using Windows XP.

  6. @Tadas
    You can install fglrx module for ATI graphics card

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