Compiz
Sign in to saveCompiz () is a compositing window manager for the X Window System, using 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. Effects, such as a minimization animation or a cube workspace, are implemented as loadable plugins. Because it conforms to the ICCCM conventions, Compiz can be used as a substitute for the default Mutter or Metacity, when using GNOME Panel, or KWin in KDE Plasma Workspaces. Internally Compiz uses the OpenGL library as the interface to the graphics hardware.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- Compiz logo.svg
- Software.screenshot
- Fedora-Core-6-AIGLX.png
- Software.caption
- Screenshot showing the Cube plugin for Compiz on Fedora
- Software.developer
- David Reveman, Sam Spilsbury, Danny Baumann, Dennis Kasprzyk, Daniel van Vugt
- Software.programming language
- C, C++, Python
- Software.operating system
- Unix-like with X11
- Software.genre
- X window manager
- Software.license
- GPL, core: MIT license
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Hardware requirements
- History
- Luminocity
- Compiz
- Beryl
- Merger of the Compiz and Beryl communities
- Further branches
- Merger of the Compiz branches
- Compiz 0.9 series
- Compiz Reloaded
- Features
- Deployments
- Reception and impact
- Some Compiz effects (0.8.5)
- See also
- References
- External links
Compiz () is a compositing window manager for the X Window System, using 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. Effects, such as a minimization animation or a cube workspace, are implemented as loadable plugins. Because it conforms to the ICCCM conventions, Compiz can be used as a substitute for the default Mutter or Metacity, when using GNOME Panel, or KWin in KDE Plasma Workspaces. Internally Compiz uses the OpenGL library as the interface to the graphics hardware.
==Hardware requirements== Initially, Compiz only worked with 3D hardware supported by Xgl. Most NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards are known to work with Compiz on Xgl. Since May 22, 2006 Compiz works on the standard X.Org Server, by using AIGLX. Besides Intel GMA graphics cards, AIGLX also supports using AMD graphics cards (including R300 and newer cards) using the open-source driver which supports since fall 2006.