Workspace Switcher?
Jim Byrnes
jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Tue Mar 23 18:14:55 UTC 2010
Liam Proven wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> As to compiz I haven't knowingly turned it on. About the only
>> customization I have done is to add a couple of viewports and try the
>> "extra" visual effects on the desktop.
>
> That will do it. The program that provides the visual effects is
> Compiz. When you turn them on, Compiz replaces the simpler program
> with no effects, which is called Metacity.
>
> Both of them are the programs that draw the "chrome" on windows: the
> title bars, menu/minimize/maximize/close buttons, the corners& edges
> you drag to resize the window, etc.
>
OK, thanks for the info. I'm curious, if I were to revert back to the
simplest visual effects setting would Metacity replace Compiz?
Regards, Jim
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