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Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Debian Squeeze Desktop (Nvidia GeForce 8200)

Written By
FT
Falko Timme
Mar 29, 2011

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on a
Debian Squeeze desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics
card – I’m using an Nvidia GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz Fusion
you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop
cube on your desktop.

“While Compiz Fusion is available in the main repository, the
Nvidia driver is not – it comes from the non-free repository;
that’s why we must open /etc/apt/sources.list…”


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