Compiz and googleearth, tuxkart, torcs, etc

[Scott Sweeny]

>> In a terminal, either do a 'metacity --replace' or 'kwin --replace'
>> depeding on whether you use gnome or kde. It'll revert to the 2D desktop for
>> window manager purposes.

There's a package in the repos called fusion-icon that allows you to
switch between metacity/kwin/compiz in a couple clicks.  I use it for
Wine games and other stuff that behaves weirdly with compiz.

Cheers,
~Scott