Compiz is the default window manager when you install Ubuntu. This guide will show you how to stop Compiz-Fusion from loading automatically on startup and make Metacity your default window manager.
Step 1: Run gconf-edit
Start Run Application by pressing Alt+F2
Enter gconf-editor into the box, hit enter
Step 2: Set Metacity as your default start up window manager
Once in gconf-editor navigate to desktop>gnome>applications>window_manager
under default replace:
/usr/bin/compiz with /usr/bin/metacity
it should like this when you're done:
*If you see /usr/bin/metacity after you navigate gconf-editor, don't worry. Compiz wasn't loading automatically and you don't have to do anything else.
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edited by pHreaksYcle
7 comments:
Thanks for the tip. However, its not clear why this needs to be done. Doesn't changing "Visual Affects" to "None" in System > Preferences > Appearances do the same thing?
Ronald Schouten,
You would think. I changed "Visual Affects" to None in System>Preferences>Appearances
and still had Compiz loading on my machine this morning (after doing a new reinstall).
I wonder if this would be a good use of runlevels? Maybe setup a default with compiz, and a second with Remix launcher?
Well, I'll count myself lucky since I haven't noticed any issues with Compiz starting.
I do notice that occasionally a window boarder is visible for a split second and then disappears however. This happens only when starting an application.
Used this guide to install on my new Lenovo S10. Worked great! Thank you! I did not use the maximus package though as I still want to be able to resize windows, especially when working with terminals.
This may be a no brainer, but can you still have multiple desktops with this remix? With such a small screen size, it would be nice to make use of that nice feature in Ubuntu.
dude you rock, I messed with remix for 2 days before reading your gconf instructions.
unr defaults to metacity now
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