Is there any way to activate advanced desktop effects in lxde ubuntu?

[jittopjose]

i installed lxde on ubuntu installation. let me know whether there any way to activate advanced desktop effects? i meant compiz effects? anybody have any idea about it?

[Tim Sharitt]

In a terminal

sudo apt-get install compiz
to install compiz.

Run the command

compiz --replace
to start compiz from an already running session.

To set compiz as the default window manager, edit /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/default and replace openbox with compiz.

[jittopjose]

its worked
thanks friend..

[jittopjose]

but again there is a problem. after reboot, it again openbox.. no compiz effects applied. i have replaced openbox with compiz in that default page. but no use. any idea about this?

[jittopjose]

i have added compiz --repace in autostart file in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart. now its works on startup also.
thanks

[urukrama]

It seems a bit odd to use a light desktop environment like LXDE to then use it with a heavy window manager. I don't use LXDE, but I suppose it might be easier to just create a custom CompizFusion xsession. See this thread (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51282) on the Arch forums for more info (most of it applies to Ubuntu, just replace pacman -S with sudo apt-get install).

[jittopjose]

i know compiz is somewhat heavy than openbox. in my old machine with P3 and 256 MB sd ram, i use lxde with openbox. but in my new one, it has amd 4400+ and 1GB ram, i replaced openbox with compiz. i like eyecandy effects and system resources also there.
lxde is light weight, but i feel that it is as usable as gnome. though it is less featured, its cool . i like its design and all. i dont like gnome's interface. kde also didnt satisfied me. but lxde is beautiful.
i wish in near future lxde will have more and more stable and feature rich.