*www.imgx.org/pfiles/1649/download.pngYesterday, the Ubuntu Technical Board voted for shipping Ubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy") with Compiz enabled by default. There were some difficulties in taking this decision, since the Technical Board had to determine if it's reliable and fully functional.
The compositing window manager Compiz includes a number of sophisticated visual effects as transparency, desktop zooming, shadows etc. The inclusion of a compositing window manager was planned at first for Ubuntu 7.04, but it was delayed because the software wasn't developed enough.
Although Compiz will be enabled by default, there are still some technical problems that need fixing, such as drivers that don't meet the requirements of all the visual effects. These are the most serious problems that appear when running Compiz, but there are some related to the underlying components of Xorg. One of the best known issues is that which affects the Intel drivers, problem that can only be solved by using the EXA accelerated rendering framework which isn't completed yet. It seems that Intel are working at a slow pace, because they consider that composite window managers won't be ready for rolling out until the EXA framework is stable enough.
Source : Ubuntu Technical Board votes on Compiz for Ubuntu 7.10
The compositing window manager Compiz includes a number of sophisticated visual effects as transparency, desktop zooming, shadows etc. The inclusion of a compositing window manager was planned at first for Ubuntu 7.04, but it was delayed because the software wasn't developed enough.
Although Compiz will be enabled by default, there are still some technical problems that need fixing, such as drivers that don't meet the requirements of all the visual effects. These are the most serious problems that appear when running Compiz, but there are some related to the underlying components of Xorg. One of the best known issues is that which affects the Intel drivers, problem that can only be solved by using the EXA accelerated rendering framework which isn't completed yet. It seems that Intel are working at a slow pace, because they consider that composite window managers won't be ready for rolling out until the EXA framework is stable enough.
The Ubuntu Technical Board also thought about the users' feedback, and how they would respond to their decisions. When the voting was made, all the participants voted in favor of the inclusion, the only one against it being Garrett, who wanted to fix the critical problems before including Compiz in the Ubuntu 7.10 edition.
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Source : Ubuntu Technical Board votes on Compiz for Ubuntu 7.10
btw .. CF works perfectly on 256 Mb Ram onboard GPU while .. thinking Aero I even cannot run Vista 
