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Is there a workspace switcher for Compiz like elementary's? It's faster and nicer than Ubuntu's current one. Alternatively, is it possible to use elementary's window manager instead of Compiz?

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I can answer one of your questions

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install gala
  gala --repĺace

That will install gala the elementary window manager.

Goddard
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    Please don't do this on any production machine. Elementary is still in early development and so is gala. Please be aware that it might be difficult to reverse any changes you made. – Glutanimate Oct 12 '12 at 16:08
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Is there a workspace switcher for Compiz like elementary's?

Typically workspace switchers are integrated in window manager. So, I don't believe you can use separate workspace switcher in compiz. I don't know of any workspace switcher independent of window manager

is it possible to use elementary's window manager instead of Compiz?

No. Elementary uses gala window manager. But if you try to use it, it will kill compiz (which in turn will kill Unity) because two window managers can't run simultaneously.

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I had problems trying to install in Ubuntu 14.04

There was an error with libmutter0d that was solved by running

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:elementary-os/testing
sudo apt-get update

Now the right version of libmutter0d is installed

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Marcos Jacoby
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    could you please give the full steps for installation? That's what the question asks for – Zanna Jun 10 '17 at 09:43