Not every computer has the resources to run Compiz, but if you pine after some nice effects like window shadows then there is a good chance your computer is capable of running simpler effects. i use this on my Acer Aspire One, sure it can manage Compiz, but it is a little overkill on the baby netbook.
Well rejoice now as Metacity has a composite manager built in which can give you nice drop shadows as well as a window preview on alt+tab and that pesky inactive window title-bar transparency (which I detailed how to disable last post).
Enable the composite manager in gconf-editor and navigate to the branch in apps/metacity/general
Tick the box next to the setting composite_manager and you are now hopefully enjoying drop shadows... Yay!
A quick alternative is to paste this into a terminal
Well rejoice now as Metacity has a composite manager built in which can give you nice drop shadows as well as a window preview on alt+tab and that pesky inactive window title-bar transparency (which I detailed how to disable last post).
Enable the composite manager in gconf-editor and navigate to the branch in apps/metacity/general
Tick the box next to the setting composite_manager and you are now hopefully enjoying drop shadows... Yay!
A quick alternative is to paste this into a terminal
gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool true
and if you need to disable it again use:
gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool false
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There were a few good tips here. Thanks.
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