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From: devlin 
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Subject: Re: compiz/Xgl - Finally bit the bullet
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:45:28 GMT
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devlin wrote:
> SINNER wrote:
>> If you believe everything you read you might think that getting the
>> whole thing set up is rather troublesome. Now I'd imagine with
>> incompatible hardware that might be an issue but following:
>>
>> http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_install_Xgl.2FCompiz_.28Nvidia.29 
>>
>>
>> I had it running in under 15 minutes. While I am a bit underwhelmed
>> because of the hype, it is sort of cool. I would hope there are ways to
>> tweak the theme because the default leaves much to be desired.
>> Spinning the desktops is very nice. Anyone know if it is possible to run
>> different desktops on different sides of the cube?
>>
> 
> I've been struggling to get the xgl/compiz going in Kubuntu Dapper so 
> far to no avail. Oddly enough I installed OpenSuSE on my 2nd drive and 
> with in two days I had SuSE installed recognizing all and xgl/compiz 
> running exellently!...
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get fairly straight forward instructions 
> for doing this in Kubuntu? I really don't care for the OpenSuSE distro 
> so would much rather stick to the Kubuntu distro but want my eye candy!
> 
> 
> Devlin

lol...sorry forgot to add I am running Kubuntu 6.06 Dapper... When I try 
to download compiz and the xgl stuff I get a dependency error, something 
to do with "csm" and it will not install whats needed.
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