XPS M1710 + Ubuntu 7.10 Compiz Help

Question

Alright so I have an XPS M1710 and I'm booting Ubuntu 7.10 Everything seems to be working fine, but I can't seem to enable all compiz effects, and I know that Gutsy was the first distro to have Compiz bundled. I have the latest NVIDIA drivers installed and they are being recognized (I have a Go 7950GTX), but for some reason I cant find the control panel for Compiz so that I can change up the settings. I mean Wibble, and the Super+Tab 'Flip3D' Type thing are both cool, but I want my workspaces on a cube, and I want the Mac like Expose. Oh yea, and if anyone knows where I can get a dock from (Like Mac OS X's or like Stardoc's Object Doc) It would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Cameron

dasunst3r · Answer

If you want the advanced settings for Compiz Fusion, you would want the compizconfig-settings-manager. To get that, issue this command in the terminal found in Main Menu -> Accessories: sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

You can install the package using Synaptic, but I find that the terminal is just great if you know what you want. Now, to get the dock, here is a link to the howto: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=385981

Message Edited by dasunst3r on 10-28-2007 10:49 AM

CTJoyce · Answer

Thank you so much this is exactly what i was looking for. I ended up getting Kiba-doc instead just because I liked it better. But thanks for everything Cheers Cameron PS: Gutsey is amazing on the M1710, not a flaw yet, unlike feisty which just never worked right no matter what I did

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