Comments on: Add Emerald for slick window decorations

By: Get some serious transparency in GNOME and Compiz

Get some serious transparency in GNOME and Compiz — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:29:13 +0000

[...] the appearance of the Compiz Cube“. You might also want to check out my article “Add Emerald for slick window decorations” to get the full effect of transparent titlebars and window decorations. As well you can [...]

By: Sumit Asok

Sumit Asok — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:54:40 +0000

very nice post…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:25:37 +0000

1’1

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:23:54 +0000

1′ OR ’1′=’1

By: Genisis

Genisis — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:03:51 +0000

I had to use “sudo gedit /usr/bin/compiz-decorator” (without quotes) to get mine to work with mint. After that command and changing the “use tag” to YES…then logging out and logging back in, worked great!

By: Links 19/08/2009: Linux Report is Out, Wikia Up Sharply | Boycott Novell

Links 19/08/2009: Linux Report is Out, Wikia Up Sharply | Boycott Novell — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:41:50 +0000

[...] Add Emerald for slick window decorations As stated earlier, Emerald is a theme-able window decorator. But Emerald takes window decorating one step further by also allowing for full-composite window decorations. By adding composite to the decoration Emerald can include such features as transparency and drop shadow. And Emerald does this without taking any more of a hit on your resources than a normal window manager. That is, assuming you have the hardware that supports compositing. The main issue is that your graphics chip must support 3D/Direct Rendering. If your hardware can support that, your hardware will work with Emerald. You will also need to have Compiz installed (this article will assume you have Compiz up and running). [...]

By: ÜMineiro

ÜMineiro — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:33:37 +0000

Nice tool if you want to turn your desktop in a “Penteadeira de Puta” (pt-BR expression meaning “Slut comber”)

By: Conor Duffy

Conor Duffy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:03:01 +0000

Ah, ok, thanks for clearing that up. Great guide btw :D

By: jack

jack — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:50:35 +0000

Conor: To the end user there would be very little difference in methods. Technically though using the Compiz Window Decorator setting is a more efficient method.

By: Conor Duffy

Conor Duffy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:09:29 +0000

Is there any advantage to starting emerald from Startup, rather than from Compiz’s Widnow Decorations plugin (which is the way I currently use it)

By: priteshdesai

priteshdesai — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:35:11 +0000

I love compiz and Gnome looks sweet.
KDE 4 looks amazing- even better than Windows or Mac