Compiz Fusion

infobox software
name = Compiz Fusion



caption = Ubuntu with Compiz Fusion
genre = Window manager plugins and decorators
operating_system = Unix-like
license = GNU General Public License
latest release version = 0.6.2
latest release date = release date|2007|10|22
latest preview version = 0.7.8
latest preview date = release date|2008|9|23
programming language = C
platform = X Window System
website = [http://www.compiz-fusion.org/ Official Site]

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.

History

Compiz Fusion is the result of the re-unification of the Beryl-project and the community around the Compiz Window Manager. [ [http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=704 Compiz and Beryl are Reuniting - Compiz Community Forums ] ] The name was changed to "Compiz Fusion" from the tentative name of "CompComm". [ [http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-June/002401.html [compiz CompComm has a real name! ] ]

On October 4, 2007, openSUSE 10.3 became the first major distribution to officially provide Compiz Fusion packages, as well as shipping with Compiz. [cite web | url=http://news.opensuse.org/2007/10/04/announcing-opensuse-103-gm/ | title=openSUSE 10.3 Release | author=Francis Giannaros | date=Thursday, October 4th, 2007 | work=openSUSE News | accessdate=2008-01-01]

On October 18, 2007 Ubuntu 7.10 followed by using Compiz Fusion as the default window manager on supported hardware. [cite web | url=http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-desktop710 | title=Canonical Launches Latest Ubuntu Desktop | author=Ubuntu and Canonical | date=Monday, October 15th, 2007 | work=Ubuntu News | accessdate=2008-01-01]

Compiz Fusion Plugin Sets

See also

* Compiz

References

External links

* [http://www.compiz-fusion.org/ Compiz Fusion website]