[pfeigl]

Now that I have both distros working properly, does anyone think it would be foolish to install compiz-fusion on Slack. I think I should leave well enough alone but I want the extra bling too.

Peter

[ozar]

I'm not a fan at all of heavy eyecandy, so compiz and other such things like that are out for me, but if you like that sort of thing, I'd say go for it.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to make an image of your current partitions if you have everything just the way you want it, though. It could wind up saving you some serious time when compiz breaks your system.

[bigtomrodney]

I'd say go for it. It'll be a bit harder to do on slack but not impossible. If you're just looking for the simple life and want it to just work I can think of better ways to get Compiz on your computer. On the other hand there's no better way to learn than to do it yourself by hand.

[pfeigl]

I think I'll wait until all the idiosyncrasies show themselves and I gain more experience. Maybe I'll dig up another machine for experimentation. How heavy are the graphics requirements? Will onboard do?

Peter

[bigtomrodney]

I have run early Compiz release on Intel855 chips. The problem was a lot of the effects requiring shading wouldn't run, such as water. It ran as proof of concept but I wouldn't run it every day on a light system like that. I run Compiz Fusion now on an Intel945 and it works perfectly.

[pfeigl]

Is there an easy way to tell what chipset I have. The machine is a brand new Acer with SATA and all the rest of it.

Peter

[MikeTbob]

Use the command
lspci

[bigtomrodney]

/sbin/lspci |grep -i VGA

EDIT - Mike beat me to it.

[pfeigl]

It would appear that I have a SiS Mirage S3 chipset. Is that enough horsepower?

Peter

[pfeigl]

lspci shows:

SiS 671/771 chipset.

Peter