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Contributor LordHawke13 on the Look and Feel category

It's not easy enough to install a desktop cube in Ubuntu  
Written by dragoon76 the 23 Jan 10 at 14:32. Related project: Compiz Advanced Settings (ccsm). New
Many people want to try linux and ubuntu because they've heard of it and one thing people often hear about linux is the desktop cube which (seems so exiting).

It is currently not that easy to get a desktop cube in ubuntu if you don't know the systeme. You need to install a specific package (compiz-config) and in the first place search the internet to actually know this is the thing to do.

We should make desktop cube easily accessible in ubuntu beacause it atracts people.
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Solution #1: Install simple compiz config manager by default.
Written by dragoon76 the 23 Jan 10 at 14:32.
Simple compiz config manager is a very simple and user-friendly tool to configure compiz. It gathers the most important options. None will feel lost with this tool.



On top of that let's not add an icon in the menu (in order not to overload it). The user can acces it throw Appearance prefencres if he wants more options.
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Solution #2: When SCCSM is installed make a tab in "Apperance Preferences" for it
Written by Andaril the 7 Feb 10 at 17:39.
integrate it in main Appearance window. If it is installed and optionaly ofcourse.
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Solution #3: include the cube in extra
Written by danielt998 the 17 Feb 10 at 22:54.
replace the desktop wall with the cube when the user selects 'extra'
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Solution #4: Also provide an option to install the full config manager
Written by cos the 20 Feb 10 at 10:08.
The compizconfig-settings-manager package is what you want if you like experimenting with plugins and effects.
Most coming to Ubuntu to see compiz will prefer this manager to the simple one, though not many people know about it: there needs to be a quick and easy way to install it.

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