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New Compiz plugins
by cyberorg, Friday, July 11th, 2008 @ 9:19 am Comments (1)

…some useful some not so, these are the new plugins available in compiz-fusion-plugins-git packages from openSUSE Build Service repository.

Grid:

This might become quite useful for wide screen users, use ctrl+alt+numberpad keys to quickly resize and position any window anywhere on screen, no more mouse move/resize.

ADDialog:

This plugin dims the parent window which has a dialog box open, helps spoting application that have open dialogs.

Elements:

Love burning your GPU/CPU cycles for eye-candy floating on the desktop? this is the plugin for you.

CubeModel:

This new plugin allows you to easily put any blender 3D model (.obj)  inside the cube.

Besides these additions, Freewins plugin from our one and only C-F dev/journalist SmSpillaz has improved leaps and bounds, keep up the great work. Freewins plugin allows you to rotate any window in any direction (yes including in 3D).

More details and videos demonstrating all the  cool new stuff from Compiz-Fusion world can be found here.

Note: These new plugins are in home:cyberorg repo. Do not mix packages from X11:XGL(stable) and home:cyberorg(experimental) use all packages from any one repo only.

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