Water effect - is Compiz working?
When I installed 11.10 on my Laptop, I was determined to get Compiz working, because this was a brand new laptop with much higher capabilities to run Compiz than my old laptop. I tried a few different kinks and after a while I gave up, because I couldn't see that anything was working. The main thing I wanted was the cube and then the window effects. However, I was just playing around with some button combinations while at my Desktop screen and while pressing Meta + Ctrl + Mousepad I get water effects. If I don't move the mouse its just rings but if I move the mouse around it's like I'm dragging my finger through water. Does this mean that Compiz is working? Or is this something else?
UPDATE:
I figured out my Compiz is working, I was finally able to get my wobbly windows I've wanted for so long but I do have a question. I have actually tried a few times to figure out my answer to this, and I tried going into GNOME and getting it to work, but I hate having to switch just for a cube. When I go into my Compiz settings and enable cube, it says I must disable desktop wall, which is part of largedesktop, part of Unity Plugins. If I disable the Unity plugins, will that pretty much just make my laptop crash? Isn't unity pretty much the entire UI? I don't know how compiz completely works, I don't know if this means that it is going to replace the entire UI, or just the plugins that Compiz uses...that's why I'm thrown for a loop here. That's why I've gone to Gnome to do it, because of Unity. SO I guess my main question is, in Compiz settings can I disable the Unity plugins safely to enable my desktop cube? If anyone knows a fairly simple way to do this, or a way that you could quickly explain, just let me know. Thanks mucho!
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Originally Posted by lemonoid
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