Thursday, May 20, 2010

My Glamorous Linux Desktop!!!

My Glamorous Linux Desktop!!!




Now, that I've uploaded the video why not look at it first here
To enable Advanced Features in Compiz Fusion we need to follow following steps
1. Open terminal from 'Applications', 'Accessories' 'Terminal'
2. In terminal type "sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager" without quotes and when it prompts for root password just enter your root password and the package is installed
3. Now close the terminal.
4. See below on how to individually enable eyecandy features like I have in my linux laptop as following snaps.
5. Now press 'Alt + F2' key combination then type 'ccsm' without quote and then the compizconfig settings manager window opens, this is the control panel of compiz from where we are going to beautify your linux desktop. I know you'll love it.




'Ring Switcher' [Alt+Tab] 
-To enable Ring Switcher simply 
1. Click 'Window Management' on the left on ccsm window
2. Tick the 'Ring Switcher' and its done. Enjoy!


'Shift Switcher' [Win+Tab]
-To enable Shift Switcher simply 
1. Click 'Window Management' on the left on ccsm window
2. Tick the 'Shift Switcher' and its done. Enjoy!
3. Super(Windows key)+Tab


'3D Desktop''



-To enable '3D Desktop' simply 



1. Click 'Desktop' on the left on ccsm window
2. Tick the 'Desktop Cube' and 'Rotate  Cube' 
3. Again click 'General' on the left of main ccsm window
4. Click 'General Options' then click 'Desktop size' tab at the top right corner
Then, drag the 'Horizontal Virtual Size' to 4. that's it.
3. Use 'Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Keys' to rotate the desktop. or for more visual coolness like in the snap above use 'Ctrl+Alt+Left Click continuous+move your mouse without leaving the click.'
'Expo Plugin'








-To enable 'Expo Plugin simply 
1. Click 'Desktop' on the left on ccsm window
2. Tick the 'Expo' and its done. Enjoy!
3. Use 'Super(windows key)+E'


'Water Effect' [looks great in video]
'Fire Effect' [looks great in video]

These are the snapshot of my favourite operating system 'Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx'.
There are also other effects which features animation i.e. minimize/maximize animation, close animation, program focus animation, but unfortunately those can't be shown in picture so in future i'll post its video.






































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