Cairo Composite Manager: an alternative to Compiz and Xcompmgr

Alejandro (a.k.a KZKG^Gaara)

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 Cairo Composite Manager is a lightweight composition manager that uses Cairo for rendering, allowing you to create a large number of effects on the desktop, from shadows and transparencies, to more complex animations. It is especially useful for customizing the desktop using graphics cards no 3D acceleration.


Like Xcompmgr, Cairo Composite Manager does not completely replace a window manager, as it only provides a platform for desktop effects. However, being light, it becomes an excellent option for lovers of minimalist, fast and light desks.

Installation

Ubuntu 11.10

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: shnatsel / staging
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cairo-compmgr

Ubuntu 12.04

Unfortunately there are no packages for this version of Ubuntu yet. Must download source code and compile it.

Fedora

yum install cairo-compmgr

Arch Linux

pacman -S cairo-compmgr

Source: Linux EMS


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  1.   Let's use Linux said
    ago 11 years

    Great!
    Thanks for the data! Paul.

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  2.   makinamon said
    ago 11 years

    ppa: shnatsel / staging already has the packages for precise 12.04

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  3.   guizans said
    ago 11 years

    It's true, in Fedora there is no such package.

    Reply to Guizans
  4.   diego_go said
    ago 11 years

    In fedora does it exist? because it tells me that it is not found.

    Reply to Diego_go