Converted my Dad to Linux over Thanksgiving Break

[n3tfury]

6 years is pushing it for compiz to run smoothly in my experience.

[AegisTalons]

The laptop has a Nvidia Geforce4 Go 4400 card, I think. I used Envy to get the latest Nvidia drivers working, afterwards Compiz Fusion works. Compiz Fusion worked even in 7.04 were it was deemed experimental. I was just lucky that I had a Nvidia card. Either way, the moral of this story is not how old of a laptop can you have before Compiz Fusion stops running, but more along the lines of how you show off Linux/convert people to the good side.