What is Compiz?

Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL. It provides various new graphical effects and features on any desktop environment, including Gnome and KDE.

• Window management has never looked so enticing: Through OpenGL accelerated compositing, Compiz provides tons of new visual effects. It's also flexible enough so you could easily add more through a plugin system.

• Compiz is compatible: Any X Window System based desktop environment, including (but not limited to) Gnome and KDE, is supported.

Features

• Easily extendible through plugins.
• A growing, friendly community of users.
• Increases productivity and enjoyment.
• Impress your family and friends.
• Compiz is actively developed.

Documentation

• Documentation Central
• Building from source

Compiz 0.5.2 released

We are happpy to announce the 0.5.2 release of compiz. Among countless optimizations and fixes it now offers better multi-screen support, a logging framework, improved plugin- and option-systems and the often demanded cube transparency. This release is scheduled with the initial release of compiz-fusion (0.5.2), the new community-driven project that is aimed at extending the compiz window manager.

Download

v0.6.2 (stable)	compiz-0.6.2.tar.gz
v0.7.6 (development)	compiz-0.7.6.tar.gz