Warning i take no responsibility for you screwing up your computer: proceed at your own risk
Note IF you really want all the glory of compiz-fusion i would suggest simply moving on to the eeeXubuntu OS, more support and useability.
That said, here's how to get what you want:
Install advanced desktop via the wiki info
Used information from
http://technowizah.com/2006/10/debian-how-to-aiglx-compiz.html
and
A few changes have to be made to the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
In Section „Module“, make sure you have
Load "dbe"
in first position.
In Section „Device“, ensure you have
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
in last position. Plus, if you don't already have a Section „Extensions“, add one somewhere (still in your xorg.conf) :
Section „Extensions“
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
AIGLX is integrated in the X server. Also, it should get loaded automatically. Ensure that it does :
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i aiglx
which should say (= AIGLX enabled (with a bunch of errors after that). If it doesn't get loaded, you can force it by adding :
Option "AIGLX" "true"
to Section „ServerLayout“ of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Compiz's installation is quite straight forward. First install the required packages :
sudo apt-get install compiz
Then, add Compiz to your desktop environment (Gnome, KDE, or Xfce) startup script:
Simply create a file „kwrite /home/user/.kde/Autostart/compiz.desktop“ with this content :
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=compiz –replace gconf & kde-window-decorator &
GenericName[en_US]=
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-autostart-after=kdesktop
Restart the X server (Ctrl+Alt+backspace)
Now - install gconf to change settings:
sudo apt-get install gconf-editor
(with extra repositories and pinning as discussed in the wiki)
let it finish, then type in:
gconf-editor &
go through the logical progression (apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options)
scroll to the shortcut for maximize vertically and change from Disabled to:
<Alt>F10
now this should take effect immediately, so alt+F10 to bring the windows to size
At this point you might find that none of your windows have a window decorator (ie title bar). This can be solved as follows (with thanks to Forum member Ravexildow):
When trying to run compiz in the terminal you get a trace that you can read to see what the program is trying to do. I won't quote it here because I'm too lazy to reproduce it. However, it basically is saying that the gtk-window-decorator has caused a problem with the X server because it couldn't load the .xml file it pointed to during launch.
This is the case because, for some reason, the gtk-window-decorator is looking for an .xml file in /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/metacity-1/
even though this folder does not exist at all when you install Compiz. Wierd I know, but since you installed Compiz-gnome it expected it.
It's dirty but it works. Simply download any metacity theme of your liking (from gnome-look.org – I particularly like „Blended“) and copy the contents of the theme folder into /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/
and restart Compiz. It will correctly load whatever metacity theme you put in that folder.
Quelle1)