Compiz enabled by default in 7.10

[Matt Nicholson]

This dovetails with the bullet-proof-x spec they came up with. Compiz
willonly be enabled by default if your hardware can do it. if you have an
ATI/NVIDIA that needs propietary drivers, it won't be enabled untill they
get installed. Also, as part of the bullet-proof-x spec, if X won't start
for some reason, the failsafe session launches the new display manager,
which lets you, ina very simple way, choose your video driver(or just the
card type etc) and monitor, and will re-write your xorg.conf for you.

I see this as a nice default feature for those that can run it, and, for
those that can't, it shouldn't get in your way, since if your card can't do
composite,  copiz will simply not be enabled.



On 9/13/07, Samuel Baldwin <shardz4217 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Enabled by default is a mistake, IMHO.  Simple to enable would be
> > great. Simple to disable after trying it and it screws your system
> > would be even better.
> > I already have Windows boxes that I have to de-tune to boost
> > performance, that is not what I want or expect from Linux.
>
> Well, assuming they put some sort of detection on if your system can
> handle it, it's not that bad. Besides, you don't install
> Ubuntu/Kubuntu to be lightweight (for that you install gentoo or
> debian. If you want medium weight you install Xubuntu).
>
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