Desktop effects

DarkKnight: hey can anyone tell me how to get the desktops in cube shaped....and other such features

psycardis: !compiz | DarkKnight
ubottu: DarkKnight: Compiz (compositing window manager) and XGL (X server architecture layered on top of OpenGL) - Howto at http://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager - help in #compiz-fusion

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To enable advanced customization of desktop effects in Ubuntu: install 'compizconfig-settings-manager' or 'simple-ccsm'. If you install the latter, a new option will appear in your appearance properties -

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Jack_Sparrow: DarkKnight Install ccsm sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Next go to system----->preferences----->advanced desktop effects.... On the first page put check next to rotate cube and desktop cube.. dbl click general options... up closer to the top... click on desktop size and set the values to 4, 1 and 1 top to bottom... ctrl+alt+(Left Mouse Button) then move mouse

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My Additional Explanation

You'll see 3 values....

Horizontal virtual size : set this value to 4

Vertical virtual size : set this value to 1

Number of desktops: : set this value to 1


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koshar1: DarkKnight under window management in advanced desktop effects select Scale



What you need to try out after installing??

keep holding Ctrl+Alt and now roght-click the mouse on the desktop screen and move the mouse.... remember that you have to continuously hold three things.......

1) Ctrl button
2) Alt button
3) right click of the mouse

now move the mouse without releasing these 3 things..... you get similar to this picture







Wonder if you can see all four desktops at once.....


Yes you can.....


Simultaneously press two keys.....Window key + e

you get your desktop look like this....