compiz or metacity+composite

Joachim Frieben jfrieben at freesurf.fr
Thu Aug 24 09:14:05 UTC 2006


Current "metacity" packages have the compositor functionality disabled.
Right now, you cannot enable compositor features in "metacity" without
rebuilding it. When you select "desktop effects", "metacity" gets replaced
by "compiz" and vice versa.

>
> I'm also a little lost. What really happens when you install compiz and
> select the Desktop effects in the Advanced preferences? Is metacity
> disabled? In this case, should the metacity package be uninstalled? On
> the other hand, what's the difference with enabling the metacity
> composite extension without installing compiz?
>
> Cheers,
>
> 	Emeric
>





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