Compiz Fusion
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 Ubuntu with Compiz Fusion |
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| Stable release | 0.8.2 / 2009-3-19 |
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | X Window System |
| Type | Window manager plugins and decorators |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.compiz-fusion.org |
Compiz Fusion is a collection of plugins and a configuration system for the Compiz compositing window manager for the X Window System. Compiz Fusion is the result of a merge between the old Compiz community plugin set "Compiz Extras" and the parts of the Beryl project that are independent of the window manager core.
The aim of the project is to port almost all of the features of Beryl to Compiz plugins, and continue to write further Compiz plugins. At the same time, Beryl has been discontinued and Compiz will add some of the core changes made by Beryl to the Compiz core.
[edit] History
Compiz Fusion is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project and the community around the Compiz Window Manager.[1] The name was changed to Compiz Fusion from the tentative name of CompComm.[2]
On October 4, 2007, openSUSE 10.3 became the first major distribution to officially provide Compiz Fusion packages, as well as shipping with Compiz.[3]
On October 18, 2007 Ubuntu 7.10 followed by using Compiz Fusion as the default window manager on supported hardware.[4]
On February 4, 2009, it was announced that a five-member Compiz Council of leading developers would guide future development and releases of Compiz, and that Compiz Fusion would be discontinued as a separate project[5].
[edit] References
- ^ Compiz and Beryl are Reuniting - Compiz Community Forums
- ^ [compiz] CompComm has a real name!
- ^ Francis Giannaros (October 4, 2007). "openSUSE 10.3 Release". openSUSE News. http://news.opensuse.org/2007/10/04/announcing-opensuse-103-gm/. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ Ubuntu and Canonical (October 15, 2007). "Canonical Launches Latest Ubuntu Desktop". Ubuntu News. http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-desktop710. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ Annoucement: Creation of the Compiz Council and the road ahead, Kristian Lyngstol, Wed Feb 4 01:22:56 PST 2009
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