Metacity as a compositing manager

[Danny Piccirillo]

That's good, but why even include compiz in the first place? Doesn't it just
take up extra space that could be used for something more useful (isn't
there a problem with keeping Ubuntu small enough to fit onto a CD?)

On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Joe Terranova <joeterranova at gmail.com>wrote:

> As it is, compiz is tried, and Ubuntu falls back on Metacity if it
> doesn't work. So if they don't have the "hardware", they'll use
> Metacity.
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Danny Piccirillo
> <danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > Would it be a good idea to plan to use Metacity as the default
> compositing
> > manager for Ubuntu instead of compiz in the future?
> >
> > Compiz seems mostly unnecessary. If metacity was used, it would be easier
> on
> > the machine and work for people who don't have the hardware for compiz.
> > Anyone who wants all the exra effects can still install compiz, but for
> > almost everyone, shouldn't metacity be fine?
> >
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