Performance in general isn't a big issue (except for slow hardware), but recently performance of some plugins regressed... for example, with newer (stable, i.e. 0.8.x) versions of Compiz, the "zoom" and "expo" plugins are very slow.
As for tearing, this is limited by the Composite protocol, which has no way to effectively work around it. You can configure Compiz to "mostly" vsync, but it's not working correctly in most cases, like video playback or regular X rendering.
This needs to be fixed at a lower level, but apparently nobody is really interested in it - it is really annoying! NVidia suggested an extension for providing sync primitives a while ago, but there was practically zero reaction.
Sadly, while Compiz has its share of problems, kwin and mutter are a lot worse in most aspects.
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Compiz has always been snappy on my computers.
The reason why I ended up switching away is that, although it has the best and smoothest 3d effects, it is simply not one of the best window managers out there. I find myself going back to KWin all the time, since it is simply very good at managing windows.
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physix you say? so radeon users wont be able to use it, greets for close standards
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Originally posted by brent View PostInstead of adding more features, maybe some of the fundamental problems should be tackled (i.e. performance, tearing avoidance).
Originally posted by drelyn86 View Postor maybe adding something useful, like dynamic tiling. That would be pretty nice.
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or maybe adding something useful, like dynamic tiling. That would be pretty nice.
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Instead of adding more features, maybe some of the fundamental problems should be tackled (i.e. performance, tearing avoidance).
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Originally posted by phoronixThere's also two videos (embedded below) that show off the Bullet physics effects within Compiz and some of the new Compiz 0.9.2 animations.
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Compiz 0.9.2 Is Coming With Many New Changes
Phoronix: Compiz 0.9.2 Is Coming With Many New Changes
KDE's KWin developers haven't been the only ones busy, but those working on Compiz have been active too and are currently preparing for the Compiz 0.9.2 release, which will succeed the belated Compiz 0.9 release that occurred back in July...
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