Beryl Install on ubuntu 8.0.4?

[thehappiestturtle]

Hey, I just installed ubuntu 8 on a partition on my MacBook Pro. I love everything about it. I would however like to run Beryl. I have seen beryl on youtube and other places, and it looks amazing. I have always wanted to install it, but never had the graphical ability till now.

All the walkthroughs and how to's seem geared to older flavors of ubuntu. Is there a way to install Beryl on Hardy? I know you have to add lines to your respatories, but i dont know how to do that. Also, I am pretty sure im already running Compiz, will that interfear with beryl?

Thanks for the help.. and if you dont mind, talk to me like im 2 years old. cause Im kinda a newb.

[ArchLinuxFan]

Beryl is old news buddy. The have made a newer version called compiz-fusion and its installed by default !

To enable it, go to the Main menu -> System -> Preferences -> Appearence.
Then click on Visual settings, and either normal or extra.

You can also mess around with settings by System -> Preferences -> Advanced Desktop Effects Settings (may have to install compizconfig-settings-manager first)

Theres plenty of guides to help you further set up if you search the forum.

[thehappiestturtle]

I enabled the "extra" settings under appearences. And i love the jiggly windows. But i am aiming for the cool cube thingy. is that installed by default as well?

[dugonline]

You can activate the cube in the advanced desktop settings. You also have to make sure that your workspaces are 4 long and only 1 high. Or at least thats the only way I got it to work properly. I am still a linux newb so there is likely tricks I don't know about. Have you installed the compiz-fuzion config tool in the add/remove repositories?

[thehappiestturtle]

You can activate the cube in the advanced desktop settings. You also have to make sure that your workspaces are 4 long and only 1 high. Or at least thats the only way I got it to work properly. I am still a linux newb so there is likely tricks I don't know about. Have you installed the compiz-fuzion config tool in the add/remove repositories?

Thanks for the info man. :D I have not d/l the compiz-fuzion config tool yet. Can i just get it in synaptic?

Also how do i add more workspaces....

And i downloaded emarld theme manager, and applied a killer theme, but i cant get it to stay after i reboot or log out. Anyone know how to make themes stick?

Wow... really showing my noob colors right now. haha :/

[ribbon]

Thanks for the info man. :D I have not d/l the compiz-fuzion config tool yet. Can i just get it in synaptic?

Also how do i add more workspaces....

And i downloaded emarld theme manager, and applied a killer theme, but i cant get it to stay after i reboot or log out. Anyone know how to make themes stick?

Wow... really showing my noob colors right now. haha :/

right click the little pictures of workspaces in the bottom-right corner (or whereever they are) and click preferences

[Bakon Jarser]

go to synaptic and search for compiz. install compizconfig-settings-manager. go to system > preferences > advanced desktop settings. there are a lot of cool settings in there but they aren't all easy to use and set up. maybe you can find a good guide to using them.

[Bakon Jarser]

More information on individual settings should be here.

http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/