I own Nvidia and compiz performs like crap with nvidia, and they seem to not make any effort to change that. If you want to use ubuntu with unity, forget nvidia, because there's no option to suspend effects like kwin.
I've been using xubuntu 12.10 and it's great for everything, including games. For the few games that show some tearing, I've created a key shortcut associated with a script that disable composite and enable it on the fly.
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Originally posted by perpetualrabbit View PostThere must be some external reason that the performance under catalyst is that uniform across so many tests and so many different desktops.
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Originally posted by whizse View PostIt's mostly discussed in http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19376 (see the last replies).
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It's mostly discussed in http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19376 (see the last replies).
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Originally posted by whizse View PostThere are some plans to introduce window manager atoms an application can set to request to not be composited, that would be the proper fix.
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Yeah, no kidding.
There are some plans to introduce window manager atoms an application can set to request to not be composited, that would be the proper fix.
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Originally posted by whizse View PostYep, works with some games, with others you get no keyboard input
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Originally posted by OlegOlegovich View PostYou do know, that wine can be forced to use override-redirect (globally on on per-application basis)? If not, uncheck "allow window manager to control the windows" in winecfg -> Graphics.
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Originally posted by whizse View PostOne big caveat with GNOME Shell is that it does only unredirect fullscreen SDL windows, which covers a lot of native games, but not anything running in Wine.
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Originally posted by xpander View Postdunno whats xfce's own composition tho.
but i tested both without compiz and fps is about the same in both DE's
seems 110 fps is the limit of unigine or some config is limiting it to that
You can activate xfwm's integrated compositor through window manager settings app, in the configuration submenu.
It has no fancy effects except for translucency and shadows, though.
Metacity in GNOME 2 had something similar, but it didn't manage translucency as far as I know (and I tried, I didn't like the idea of running compiz when all I was trying to use was translucency and shadows around the windows :P).
EDIT: I just remembered that the only thing I couldn't get translucent with Metacity were the panels and menus. Terminal background and windows decoration do get translucency.Last edited by mrugiero; 10 February 2012, 02:00 PM.
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