You can use all of this both with XGL and AIGLX but remember that if you have an ATI card with proprietary drivers installed you won’t have any choice: XGL is for you, ATi drivers are shit, they do not even support AIGLX, you know… if you are lucky and are using the opensource version then go for AIGLX, as you would if you had an Nvidia card. In this post I assume that you already have a working 3D accelerated card and driver. Gtk/qt-recordmydesktop (To record your wonderful new desktop and post it to youtube ? ) Screenlets (MacOSX’s Widgets-like cool little colorfull applications)Īvant window Navigator (The most advanced and elegant Dock available for Linux)Īffinity (To manage your files and applications easily and with cool effects) We’re going to install:Ĭompiz Fusion (it’s still in development and not an official stable release but I ensure you it is really stable enough, much more than the old Beryl!!!) Here we go, let’s transform you desktop in something you’re friends will be desiring soo much to have. UPDATE! Added gtk/qt-recordmydesktop to the list of suggested applications!Ī lot of time has passed since I posted this guide and I think it’s time for another big one. Also fixed some issues that may have occurred if you where using Ubuntu Feisty. BIG UPDATE!! Reorganized the guide to be better focused on KDE or GNOME users, with different instructions.