Gnome Shell – Move Over Compiz, or Not?

Posted on December 19, 2009 by nseidm1.
Categories: Compiz, gnome, shell.

Gnome is moving ahead making great progress. Every successive release gets better. A new addition to Gnome is a build in shell supporting compositing. Install it in Ubuntu with:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

Then implement it the same way you implement compiz:

sudo gnome-shell --replace

You may want to have the fusion-icon open in the system tray to conveniently switch back to compiz if you want. Install the fusion icon with:

sudo apt-get install fusion-icon

Gnome shell is interesting. Clearly there are three ways to use Gnome at the moment; default, gnome-shell, and Compiz. The default shell is good for a server environment, but with the stability of the alternate shells there is no reason not to use Compiz or the now available Gnome shell.

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