Linpus Lite Compiz Fusion Desktop Effects

Enabling Compiz-Fusion

To enable Compiz Fusion on a Linpus Lite, follow these steps. If you are trying to enable it on some other distribution, the steps will differ.

1. Press alt+f2. Type terminal and click run.
2. Type sudo –i in the terminal to get root privilege.
3. Type cp /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc.backup (This command will backup the xfce4-session.rc file)
4. Open the file by typing vi /etc/xdg/xfce4-session/xfce4-session.rc
5. Look for Client1_Command=xfwm4 in the xfce4-session.rc file.
6. Now change it to Client1_Command=compiz-manager, you can save the above line by adding # to Client1_Command=xfwm4. Then it will look like this #Client1_Command=xfwm4
7. Reboot by typing init 6
8. The system will reboot with compiz enabled.

Installing Emerald Themes

Emerald themes should be installed first, before using it. Installation using the gui won’t work, so you have to install it manually.

Follow these steps to install it.

1. Press alt+f2, type terminal and click run.
2. Type sudo –i to get root privilege.
3. Type yum install emerald-themes
4. Goto settings and emerald theme manager to select themes
5. During maximize operation; the buttons on the top right corner may disappear in some themes. Unchecking the raise on click option will rectify this.
6. To do this goto settings>CompizConfig setting manager and click general options.
7. Now goto Focus and Raise Behaviour and un-check Raise on Click

Adding more workspaces

By default Linpus lite has only one workspace, you have to add three more workspaces to spin the cube

To do this goto setting, select workspaces setting and increase the count to four.

To rotate the cube press and hold ctrl+alt+right arrow or hold ctrl+alt+left arrow or you can use the mouse to rotate the cube, remember pressing ctrl+alt.