2009/11/3 Evan <eapa...@gmail.com> > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:29 PM, LD 'Gus' Landis <ldlan...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear Evan, >> >> I will file a bug report... Thanks for the pointer. >> >> You are correct.. I am running "/usr/bin/metacity --replace" >> and getting splendid response on my machine (with "Visual >> Effects" = "None". >> >> To get the bad performance experienced, gconf-editor-> >> apps->metacity select compositing_manager ON. Running >> with that OFF, things are great. >> > > I'd completely forgotten about that. > Metacity is in the process of adding a 3D option (like compiz) so that you > can do 2D or 3D without switching to compiz. > Metacity-3D, like compiz, requires a decent graphics card, and presumably > that gconf switch lets you turn it on at the moment (compositing ~= 3D). >
Actually, the switch in metacity you're talking about is really activating compositing features right now. It always was there as long as I found it, at the time compiz came into ubuntu. There's a new project mutter (the next metacity), planned for gnome 3. It is a rewrite (internal code path simplification) with composite always activated. I use it right now. It's pretty impressive. Even if it's not as show off as compiz. Keeping with understatement, I don't think compiz is the right answer to the right answer : 'how do we enable compositing in gnome in a sensible way?' Mutter seems to be better in this way. Even ifthere's still lot of job to be done. G.
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