Comments on: Compiz is getting rapidly sick of Gnome

By: T Cole

T Cole — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:07:32 +0000

R. Cole. I recommend then looking more into source distros so you can build up your computer to your needs… eg. Arch linux is a very nice bridge between source/binary.

But needs studying the archwiki when you are shot. Although if you wish for solutions out of the box, try the newest mint version perhaps?

By: R. Cole

R. Cole — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:41:38 +0000

I am a partially blind user, and I will say (though this post is a little late compared to others) that I could not use my system efficiently without Compiz.

I completely rely on the eZoom plugin for screen magnification, and it is THE reason I finally switched to Linux in 2007. The GNOME magnifier (with no offense to its developers) is inferior in quality to the Compiz magnifier.

I tried to use both GNOME Shell and Unity with Ubuntu 11.10 recently, and BOTH of them were not accessible to me using eZoom. This is not by any means the fault of Compiz.

To those who are working so hard on Compiz, I care for compiz and I depend on it for my computer use. It is a great shame that users and developers are being tossed aside so that something “new and flashy” can be developed to appeal to new users. I am not against new developments, but when these new developments throw aside loyal users and developers then a problem arises.

I really don’t know what to do anymore. Ubuntu is no longer accessible to me, so I do not know where to go. I won’t go back to Windows, so I will find someplace where I belong as a user.

You guys keep up the good work. It is not in vain.

By: randuwe

randuwe — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:06:51 +0000

what if I like both compiz and gnome?
I hope people in gnome development change their feeling about compiz. At least they use the 3d cube desktop in new gnome, it easy to move around workspace in compiz 3d cube, usefull for facing a lot of windows, just scroll the mousewheel, right?
but gnome shell is more clear and not make my eyes frequently blinking,
yeah, that’s it, I hope compiz still can used in gnome in the future.

By: Batmensch

Batmensch — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:24:00 +0000

@sdfgsdfsdfsdf Troll much?

By: sdfgsdfsdfsdf

sdfgsdfsdfsdf — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:53:23 +0000

Compiz DOES suck, fact. Now that Unity is using it, that also sucks a fat one.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:10:39 +0000

I must be MAD! I posted here last 4th of May last year!

Well, since I’m an avid gentoo user I gave XFCE 4.8 a whirl, yes totally left gnome, recompiled everything -gnome (minus gnome), and I must say I really like it, been using it for 2 weeks now and I’m happy! good job gnome!

By: compiz rocks

compiz rocks — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:42:59 +0000

Unfortunately, switching to another Linux distribution is the last thing I want to do, or for most people I know want to do. The Linux distribution I have been using since the first day I knew Linux is Fedora, and I loved it. You can say I am loyal to Fedora, and at some extent, I am.

Somebody please suggests Fedora to hire one Compiz developer.

By: tomas

tomas — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:33:18 +0000

@compiz rocks
ubuntu unity interface that comes with the latest version of ubuntu gets along quite well with compiz (Canonical even hired one of the main compiz developers). Also latest version Linux Mint (11) comes with gnome 2.32.

By: compiz rocks

compiz rocks — Fri, 27 May 2011 09:36:59 +0000

I am a little bit out of date to this topic since I don’t really care about the window manager until fedora released 15 and chose gnome 3 as the default window manager. Then all of a sudden, my Compiz tricks are no longer working in gnome-shell. The google search engine links me to this thread here, and it is sad to know that gnome3 and Compiz developers do not get along very well.

By the way, the Compiz tricks I use are really helpful to me to fulfil my daily tasks. They are not available in gnome3.

IMO, Linux and Compiz rocks because there are many ways that users can configure their Linux, unlike the way how Windows does. However, gnome3 took away many configuration possibilities, even including Compiz. Up to now, all the Linux users I know who uses gnome have the similar feeling for gnome-shell. Gnome developers think they know better than everybody else, we will remove Compiz since nobody cares about them. I mean, oh my god, this attitude could eventually bring gnome to dead, seriously. All the people who used gnome so far thinks they will give KDE or other window manager a try. Wake up, gnome developers…

I definitely will use gnome3 for a while, because I do a lot of my work in console, I don’t really care about the window manager.

By: Brant

Brant — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:54:47 +0000

I would be interested in helping with a Made For 3D Compiz Desktop Engine … You could accomplish this with a Kinect and a 3D TV =D really go crazy with a completely interactive touch and move environment and just blow Gnome out of the water