I failed to mention that I can perform a "killall compiz" to remove all the executing instances of compiz. Unfortunately, since they are being spawned by the init process, the number will quickly climb to where it was previously.
-- compiz spawns thousands of processes https://launchpad.net/bugs/97053 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
