So the response, to the bug, that it is missing from Ubuntu is that it has been removed from Ubuntu...okay. I think this bug was trying to address the issues with it being removed. Can we at least get a reason as to why it is "removed" since this is forcing your users to compile/rely on a ppa?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emerald in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968112 Title: Emerald (the original Compiz Window Decorator) not available in Precise and Quantal, while it was working on all Ubuntu versions before [needs-packaging] Status in “emerald” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I hope Emerald does not get forgotten and someone can fix this, because it is still by far the best window decorator available, coupled with a great theme manager and possibilities for the power user to adjust window decorations in both looks and functionality. For example the window decoration can be individualized and upgraded by adding buttons to make windows Sticky/Unsticky Shade/Unshade Roll- Up/Down or by adding glow, changing fonts and adjusting shadows/transparency and colors. All of those functionality and the great look with transparency and glow cannot be matched by any other available window decorator out there, so this is a big regression on Precise and Quantal for many users, who used to use it on Ubuntu before. Also it was designed to accomplish Compiz and Compiz without Emerald is not Compiz anymore, while the combination Compiz/Emerald/Unity was really great in the past and still is (with 2 minor bugs, which still need to be fixed). Here a few links showing the undaunted popularity of Emerald: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-emerald-in-ubuntu-1110-oneiric.html http://www.linux-geek.co.nz/2011/06/04/how-to-change-ubuntus-window-borders-with-emerald/ Fetching the source and compiling works, when done this way: git clone git://anongit.compiz.org/fusion/decorators/emerald cd emerald git checkout -b compiz++ origin/compiz++ ./autogen.sh export "LIBS=-ldl -lm" && ./configure make Please package this great window decorator for Precise, Quantal and future versions of Ubuntu. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emerald/+bug/968112/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
