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Mint 11 and Compiz

andruoid

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Jan 10, 2011
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Here is a beauty shot of Mint 11 and Compiz. In transition to a different window you can see the transparent domes and semi-transparent walls. I grabbed the typical Honeycomb background and changed the hue to match Mint Linux.

the original is pretty big, 1920x1080 desktop

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can you please explain how you got the cube enabled? The release notes said that it was not functioning due to upstream issues with Ubuntu. I tried enabling it and sure enough it wasn't working. did you have to do a work around? I don't use the cube itself much, but I do love using the unfolding aspect of it to view all my desktops.

also where you able to enable opacify? It seems to be dead as well.
 
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can you please explain how you got the cube enabled? The release notes said that it was not functioning due to upstream issues with Ubuntu. I tried enabling it and sure enough it wasn't working. did you have to do a work around? I don't use the cube itself much, but I do love using the unfolding aspect of it to view all my desktops.

also where you able to enable opacify? It seems to be dead as well.

I opened the Compiz Config from the Menu and then enabled Desktop Cube and Rotate Cube. All I did next was mouse-over and click on 'Desktop Cube' text. This brings up a hidden menu to make the cube transparent, etc. there should be some Tabs and sliders. I set my transparency to 50% and the top and bottom of the 'cube' to black (or all 0's)

Oh, one thing i didn't ask would be how much video memory do you have? Maybe that is why its not starting. Not sure of the Compiz video requirements off hand, I know for example Windows Aero desktop needs 128MB to run.
 
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