Straight out of Compton... the official wiki is here: https://github.com/chjj/compton/wiki
But to test it, just open the terminal and type compton &disown (or compton -b ) This gives you the nice default setup As usual, Arch has a brilliant resource for configuring things.. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton You can run the effects you want as a command OR edit a text file. check the arch wiki for more info when you want to roll through compton. The text file to save will be ~/.config/compton.conf Of course you can also read the manual page: man compton On 07/09/2015 04:23 PM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > XFCE compositing works out of the box. Once they get Ubuntu-MATE 15.10 > working then you will have more options. > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Fritz Hudnut <este.el....@gmail.com > <mailto:este.el....@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:20 PM, > <lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > <mailto:lubuntu-users-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com>> wrote: > > I think that actually compton isn't really CLI based but a > grapical application that is configured with a configuration > file. I think I remember seeing one or two differnt GUI > utilities for compton but I don't think they made it into the > repos and with ppas not being build for powerpc I am not sure > if there are builds for them. Sometimes compiling a GUI from > source is harder than just editing the config files. I seem > to remember one a while back called paranoid that came with > pclinuxos but have not really seen that elsewhere or widely > discussed. > > I think I know quite a bit for someone who doesn't really like > compositing or desktop effects. > > > BP: > > Thanks for the added info . . . I ran some of these items thru > synaptic and compton did show up as available, but showed it as a > "file" when I went for the screenshot . . . . I added compiz, but > that doesn't seem to have provided me with a GUI route . . . . I > want easy, seems like XFCE provides the simple solution to the > issue of the blue shadow around the cairo dock feature . . . . > > F > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > > > -- Regards
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