Watch it wiggle…

I’m a bit slow sometimes.

I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t getting the best resolution and such with my Samsung monitor on the new computer… then I stumbled upon the fact that I had to install the restricted stuff to get the right driver for my ATI video card. Have the booming 16801050 now… and on top of that, the visual effects is working.

So now my windows wiggle and jiggle when I move them around, I can switch to a different workspace using the scrollwheel (maybe that was something that could be done before and I just never noticed?), and I see previews of windows when using ALT-TAB to switch windows…. but I want more!

First, I had to install the advanced control panel options.

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Now when I go to System | Preferences, there’s the Advanced Desktop Effects Settings option that opens the CompizConfig Settings window.

It is going to take awhile to go through all the goodies here and figure out what stuff is worthwhile, what’s just eye candy and which of each I want to keep.