I recently learned about Compiz and I had read that Unity was comparable to windows aero... so that left me wondering, if Compiz isn't a desktop enviroment, what is it? And is it possible for Compiz and Unity to coexist?
I recently learned about Compiz and I had read that Unity was comparable to windows aero... so that left me wondering, if Compiz isn't a desktop enviroment, what is it? And is it possible for Compiz and Unity to coexist?
If your running a current incarnation of Unity your also running Compiz, unfortunately Compiz is rather buggy and turning on certain functions will break others, which can be quite annoying. Compiz = compositing manager
What I'm dealin' with:
HP Pavilion G6-1D60US, dual booted: Ubuntu 16.04 64bit, & Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, 640 gig HDD, 4 gig RAM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz
Unity is currently a compiz plugin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28user_interface%29
So Compiz is the overall desktop manager, not Unity. And I guess Unity is just a plugin designed to make compiz easier to use. Does that mean Unity works with Compiz based distros that aren't Ubuntu (Knoppix,etc...)?
I installed Emerald and it works nice as a Windows manager. I had to put it in startup applications twice though.
Then sometimes it still doesn't start but, generally when I logout and back in it works.
Startup command is emerald --replace
I like it because it puts the buttons on the right side of a window unless it is maximized then they are always on the top left.
What is emerald? does it support unity? Is emerald a window manager like Compiz?
Last edited by linux12; June 18th, 2012 at 07:07 PM. Reason: erased something that is only technically true
Last edited by philinux; June 18th, 2012 at 07:29 PM.
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