Compiz Fusion Tray Icon
or: "Getting Rid of MATE"
I have been running the MATE desktop which seems to be instlaled by default with Linux Mint.
I am finding that this Gnome2-derived MATE is bulky and slow, providing little in the way of advantages for the user, and much in the way of waiting and annoyance.
So, on impulse, and while installing FVWM and Xfwm4, I installed the "Compiz Fusion Tray Icon" package which was offered in the Aptitude listings.
- Install Compiz Fusion Tray Icon
I was doing this while running in "recovery mode", so the next thing after completing the installations and exting Aptitude, was to continue the boot-up.
On boot, the MATE desktop came up. This was unexpected. Am not sure what happened to the login screens and the option to choose a desktop environment...
Within the MATE desktop, the newly installed Compiz package is in the menu, but is not running -- again this is somewhat unexpected.
From the Mint/MATE/Gnome2 panel ("Start") menu, under Adminitration, select the Compiz Fusion Icon menu item. This will start Compiz Fusion Tray Icon in the Notification area of the panel.
Right-click the fusion icon in the tool bar and choose Select Window Manager from the context menu.
The Select Window Manager menu option displays a sub-menu showing a list window managers (e.g. Compiz || Marco || FVWM || Metacity || Xfwm4 ). This is the list of installed window managers which are available for use, here.
- using the
markdown everywhereChrome app under Linux - Desktop is composited Xfwm4 using Compiz
- Chrome apps install to panel menu under Other
