Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by RahulSundaram: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Desktop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + == Desktop Effects == + + Users can enable cool new desktop effects by selecting the appropriate options in System=> Preferences=> More Preferences => Desktop Effects. + + AIGLX from the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject Fedora Rendering Project] is part of upstream Xorg 7.1 release included in Fedora Core 6. Xorg compositing is enabled by default in this release. '''Metacity''' is the default window manager provided in GNOME and has composing features disabled. When enabling the desktop effects, '''Metacity''' is replaced by '''Compiz''' window manager which uses the AIGLX framework to provide the desktop effects. + == GNOME == This release features the development version of [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ GNOME 2.16]. Many of the changes in GNOME 2.16, such as '''Tomboy''' and the '''GNOME Power Manager''', were added in Fedora Core 5. Fedora Core 6 features a few incremental improvements such as the '''Orca''' screen reader and the '''Alacarte''' menu editor.
