Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)

Written By
FT
Falko Timme
Jul 2, 2010

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion
on an Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop (the system must have a
3D-capable graphics card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like
wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.

“This document comes without warranty of any kind! I do not
issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

“1 Preliminary Note

“I have tried this on a desktop computer with an NVIDIA GeForce
FX 5200. It should work the same way with all other NVIDIA graphics
cards.

“2 Enabling The NVIDIA Driver

“To use 3D effects on an NVIDIA graphics card, we need the
proprietary NVIDIA driver which we can install from the Hardware
Drivers tool. The Hardware Drivers tool can be started from System
> Administration > Hardware Drivers:”


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