compiz-kde on Feisty

[Chris Miller]

On 2/19/07, Phil Bieber <philbieber at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/15/07, Chris Miller <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > In my never-ending quest to make 3D work with KDE (like I had with
> > Fedora) I've come back to Kubuntu ('cause RPMs suck, and Gnome sucks
> > worse).
> >
> > So, I've gotten a little bit closer to getting 3D to work.  I found
> > that by installing desktop-effects that I could get kwin to die and
> > then compiz would start using the gnome window decorator.  That was
> > cool and all, but it broke Java (only eclipse worked b/c its SWT
> > framework renders using local widgets, but MY apps didn't for some
> > weird reason) so I killed it.  I believe that if I can get compiz-kde
> > to take over and use kwin like it used gnome's window decorator that
> > all the problems will go away.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to do what the "desktop effects" button did, only
> > tweaking it for KDE?
> >
> > --
> > It's not much, but it's what I call 127.0.0.1
> >
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> Hi!
>
>  I just assume, that you want to have those nice 3D Desktops, wobbly windows
> and what not. I did that by simply adding the Bery Repositories and then
> install beryl (and beryl-manager and emerald, I think). I don't have my
> KUbuntu System handy, so I can't exactly tell you the correct address to the
> repo, but I think it was something like http://ubuntu.berylproject.com. Have
> a look at the Source-o-matic (google it) and you will find the address to
> the repo. This is a way for Beryl, so not sure if it's what you want to
> have. Also you have to have 3D support enabled, but I guess you know that
> ;-)

I tried Beryl on Dapper and nearly gnawed my arm off it was so...
incomplete.  The whole idea was brilliant, but the implementation
still needed much work.  I haven't yet tried it with Feisty, so I'll
try it again.

-- 
It's not much, but it's what I call 127.0.0.1