Enabling compiz effects on Gnome3

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How can I enable compiz effects on Gnome3 on ubuntu 11.10?

I already installed ccsm and compiz-plugins-extra.

What else should I do?

Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! By "GNOME 3", are you referring to the GNOME Shell interface or GNOME Classic? You can't use Compiz in GNOME Shell, but you can in Classic. — Knowledge Cube, Mar 14 '12 at 08:14
Related (but not a duplicate): http://askubuntu.com/q/8276/18612 — Knowledge Cube, Mar 14 '12 at 08:16

yossile · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-14T08:24:19.190

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I'm sorry for bad news but Gnome3 will not work with Compiz as it has its own windows manager compositor called Mutter/Clutter. However, if you will use Gnome 2 you will be able to run Compiz and enjoy its effects.

edited Mar 14 '12 at 08:24

answered Mar 13 '12 at 19:22

yossile

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Technically, GNOME Classic is GNOME 3, as is GNOME Shell. We must be careful with terminology here. – Knowledge Cube Mar 14 '12 at 08:13
Mutter and compiz are both compositing window managers that make use of 3d acceleration. Gnome 3's shell relies on mutter in the same was as Unity3d relies on compiz: you cannot switch window managers unless you also stop using gnome-shell. On the other hand, mutter does a lot of the same things that compiz does and does provide some similar effects, though without any of the same emphasis on customisability - customising it is extremely limited if possible at all - for the most part you are stuck with it as it is. It's designed more to just work and not make itself obvious. – thomasrutter Oct 05 '12 at 06:47

Enabling compiz effects on Gnome3

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