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Compiz logo Compiz

Project information. Maintainer: PS Project Management Team. Driver: Compiz Maintainers. Licence: GNU GPL v2, GNU LGPL v2. 1, MIT / X / Expat Licence.

Xcompmgr logo Xcompmgr

Xcompmgr is a simple composite manager capable of rendering drop shadows and primitive window transparency. Designed solely as a proof-of-concept, Xcompmgr is a lightweight alternative to Compiz and similar composite managers.
  • Compiz Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-19
  • Xcompmgr Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-26

Compiz

Categories
  • Window Manager
  • Mac
  • Note Taking
  • Linux
Website compiz.org
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Xcompmgr

Categories
  • Window Manager
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Note Taking
Website cgit.freedesktop.org
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Compiz videos

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Fedora 32 mate compiz install and review.

More videos:

  • Review - Linux Ubuntu 11.10 Kernel 3.0.0.12 compiz / review from a Windows guy
  • Review - VIDEO SATISFACTORIO, REVIEW DE MANJARO XFCE + COMPIZ

Xcompmgr videos

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Gnome + Xcompmgr + 3ddesktop

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Compiz and Xcompmgr)

Compiz

Xcompmgr

Window Manager
78 78%
Window Manager
22% 22
Note Taking
81 81%
Note Taking
19% 19
Mac
71 71%
Mac
29% 29
Tool
100 100%
Tool
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Xcompmgr seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Compiz mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Compiz yet. Tracking of Compiz recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Xcompmgr mentions (1)

  • What compositor to use?
    There is xcompmgr, which is still maintained, but it lacks a lot of features from Picom. The only appeal of it is because it's more lightweight, or maybe someone can't get Picom to work right for whatever reason. Source: 11 months ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Compiz and Xcompmgr, you can also consider the following products

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