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{{short description|Compositing window manager for the X Window System}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox software
| logo                   = Compiz logo.svg
| screenshot             = Fedora-Core-6-AIGLX.png
| caption                = Screenshot showing the Cube plugin for Compiz on [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]]
| developer              = David Reveman, Sam Spilsbury, Danny Baumann, Dennis Kasprzyk, Daniel van Vugt
| released               = {{Start date and age|2006}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q819563|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q819563|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q819563|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q819563|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]] with [[X11]]
| genre                  = [[X window manager]]
| license                = [[GPL]], core: [[MIT license]]
| website                = {{URL|https://launchpad.net/compiz}}<!-- compiz.org is currently unmaintained and therefore only listed in #External links below. -->}}

'''Compiz''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɒ|m|p|I|z}}) is a [[compositing window manager]] for the [[X Window System]], using [[3D graphics]] hardware to create fast [[compositing]] desktop effects for window management. Effects, such as a minimization animation or a cube workspace, are implemented as loadable plugins. Because it conforms to the [[Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual|ICCCM]] conventions, Compiz can be used as a substitute for the default [[Mutter (window manager)|Mutter]] or [[Metacity]], when using [[GNOME Panel]], or [[KWin]] in [[KDE Plasma Workspaces]]. Internally Compiz uses the [[OpenGL]] library as the interface to the graphics hardware.

==Hardware requirements==
Initially, Compiz only worked with 3D hardware supported by [[Xgl]]. Most [[NVIDIA]] and [[AMD Graphics|AMD]] graphics cards are known to work with Compiz on Xgl. Since May 22, 2006 Compiz works on the standard [[X.Org Server]], by using [[AIGLX]]. Besides [[Intel GMA]] graphics cards, AIGLX also supports using AMD graphics cards (including [[R300]] and newer cards) using the open-source {{mono|radeon}} driver which supports {{mono|GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap}} since fall 2006.

NVIDIA's binary drivers (since Version 1.0-9629<ref>{{cite web |title=Linux Display Driver |publisher=Nvidia |date=November 7, 2006 |url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-9629.html |access-date=May 12, 2012}}</ref>) support {{mono|GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap}} on standard X.Org server; [[AMD Graphics|AMD]]'s binary drivers do since version 8.42.<ref>{{cite web |title=AMD Proprietary Linux Release Notes |publisher=ATI |url=http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/linux_8.42.3.html#188413 |access-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref>

==History==

By the early 2000's, both [[ATI_Technologies|ATI]] and [[Nvidia]] drivers became increasingly common on [[Linux]]. Advanced [[OpenGL]] development was no longer restricted to expensive [[UNIX]] [[workstations]]. Around the same time, [[Xgl]], [[Xegl]] and [[AIGLX]] gave [[Xorg]] the possibility of using OpenGL for transformation and effects on windows surfaces.

With foundations finally available, [[xcompmgr]] pioneered the features of a [[compositing window manager]].

===Luminocity===

An effort called Luminocity began with some [[GNOME]] developers to make use of recent developments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://live.gnome.org/Luminocity|title=Luminocity on GNOME Live!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050326135419/https://live.gnome.org/Luminocity|archive-date=March 26, 2005}}</ref> In March 2005, the Luminocity project already featured effects like "wobbly windows", "physics models for window moving", "live updating workspace switcher" and "alpha compositing".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.gnome.org/seth/2005/03/26/k00l-luminocity-opengl-videos/|title=K00l Luminocity OpenGL Videos}}</ref>

Given Luminocity was mostly a prototype, its development soon was abandoned, but some of its effects and behaviors were later implemented by Compiz.

===Compiz===
The first version of Compiz was released as [[free software]] by [[Novell]] ([[SUSE S.A.|SUSE]]) no later than February 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.opensuse.org/Compiz|title=Compiz From openSUSE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060215071653/https://en.opensuse.org/Compiz|archive-date=February 15, 2006}}</ref> in the wake of the (also new) [[Xgl]]. It was one of the earliest compositing window managers for X.

In March 2006 Compiz was ported to [[AIGLX]] by [[Red Hat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/13894|title=Compiz on AIGLX|first=OSNews|last=Staff}}</ref>

===Beryl===
Beryl was the project name for the ''quinnstorm'' branch of Compiz, announced on September 19, 2006 after Compiz developer Quinn Storm and the development team decided that the fork had come too far from the original Compiz started by [[Novell]] ({{mono|compiz-[[Vanilla software|vanilla]]}}). After the Novell XGL/Compiz team (mostly David Reveman) refused the proposition to merge the Quinnstorm changes with compiz-vanilla, the decision was made to make a real differentiation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Compiz Forked: Beryl |url=http://www.osnews.com/story/15888/Compiz_Forked_Beryl |access-date=January 6, 2012}}</ref>

Among the differences to Compiz, Beryl had a new window decorator named Emerald based on [[cgwd]] along with a theme manager called {{mono|emerald-theme-manager}}, used a flat-file backend instead of [[gconf]], and had no [[GNOME]] dependencies.

===Merger of the Compiz and Beryl communities===
On March 30, 2007, discussions between the Beryl and Compiz communities led to a merger of the two communities which results in two new software packages:
* Compiz, (also Compiz-core) which contains only the core functionality of Compiz and base plugins
* Compiz Fusion,<ref>{{cite web |last=Spilsbury |first=Sam |title=And the New Name is…… |date=June 20, 2007 |url=https://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/and-the-new-name-is/ |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> consisting of the plugins, decorators, settings tools and related applications from the Beryl and Compiz communities. Compiz Fusion concentrates on installation, configuration and additional plugins to add to the core functionalities of Compiz.

Outcomes include plans to fund a code review panel consisting of the best developers from each community who will see that any code included in a release package meets the highest standards and is suitable for distribution
in an officially supported package.<ref name=BerylCompizMerge>{{cite web |last=Storm |first=Quinn |title=[beryl-dev&#93; Merge On (details still to be decided) |url=http://lists.beryl-project.org/pipermail/beryl-dev/2007-March/000356.html |access-date=March 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326083210/http://lists.beryl-project.org/pipermail/beryl-dev/2007-March/000356.html |archive-date=March 26, 2007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name=BerylCompizMerge2>{{cite web |last=Carr |first=Robert |title=[beryl-dev&#93; Beryl and Compiz Merge: What's actually going on? |url=http://lists.beryl-project.org/pipermail/beryl-dev/2007-March/000371.html |access-date=March 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405204127/http://lists.beryl-project.org/pipermail/beryl-dev/2007-March/000371.html |archive-date=April 5, 2007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name=BerylCompizMerge3>{{cite web |last=Laramie |first=Jeffrey |title=[compiz&#93; Compiz and Beryl are Reuniting |date=April 4, 2007 |url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-April/001809.html |access-date=April 4, 2007}}</ref>

===Further branches===
In the fourth quarter of 2008, two separate branches of Compiz were created: ''compiz++'' and ''NOMAD''; compiz++ was geared toward the separation of [[Compositing window manager|compositing]] and [[OpenGL]] layers for the rendering of the window manager without compositing effects, and the port from [[C (programming language)|C]] to [[C++]] programming language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2008-December/003227.html|title=Compiz feature branch compiz++|last=Kasprzyk|first=Dennis|date=December 24, 2008}}</ref> NOMAD was geared towards the improvement of [[remote desktop software|remote desktop]] performance for Compiz installations.<ref>{{cite web |title=NOMAD home page |publisher=openSUSE.org |date=April 28, 2010 |url=http://old-en.opensuse.org/Nomad |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000044/http://old-en.opensuse.org/Nomad |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Merger of the Compiz branches===
On February 2, 2009 a conference call was held between developers of '''Compiz''', '''Compiz++''', '''NOMAD''' and '''Compiz Fusion''' where it was decided to merge the projects into a unified project, simply named Compiz, with a unified roadmap.<ref name=longlivecompiz>{{cite web |title=Compiz Reorganises, Reaches Consensus Within Community |url=http://www.osnews.com/story/20950/Compiz_Reorganises_Reaches_Consensus_Within_Community |access-date=January 6, 2012}}</ref><ref name=compizfuturetwo>{{cite web |last=Lyngstøl |first=Kristian |title=The Future of Compiz – Take two |url=http://kly.no/posts/2009_02_04__The_Future_of_Compiz___Take_two__.html |access-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref><ref name=compcouncil>{{cite web |last=Lyngstøl |first=Kristian |title=Announcement: Creation of the Compiz Council and the road ahead |date=February 4, 2009 |url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2009-February/003284.html |access-date=February 4, 2009}}</ref>

===Compiz 0.9 series===
On July 4, 2010, Sam Spilsbury, lead Compiz developer, announced the release of Compiz 0.9.0 with a new API, rewritten in C++.<ref name=lists.freedesktop.org>{{cite web |last= Sam Spilsbury |title=[compiz&#93; Compiz 0.9.2 is released! |date=October 24, 2010 |publisher=lists.freedesktop.org |url=http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2010-October/003446.html |access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref>

[[Canonical (company)|Canonical Ltd.]] hired Spilsbury to further develop Compiz for [[Ubuntu]] in October 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Spilsbury |first=Sam |date=November 25, 2010 |title=A bright new future for Compiz |url=https://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/a-bright-new-future-for-compiz/ |quote=…I was also hired by Canonical Ltd.… }}</ref> Since then Compiz development mostly coincides with Ubuntu development. Main development moved to Canonical's [[Launchpad (website)|Launchpad service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Compiz Core in Launchpad |date=May 20, 2011 |publisher=Launchpad.net |url=https://launchpad.net/compiz-core |access-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref> The 0.9.x versions up to 0.9.5 were seen as unstable/[[beta software]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Spilsbury |first=Sam |date=May 13, 2012 |title=Compiz Home |url=http://www.compiz.org/ |quote=The latest stable release of Compiz is 0.8.8. A C++ rewrite has been announced on December 24, 2009 and is now released as a beta version (0.9.5.x). |access-date=July 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713164846/http://www.compiz.org/ |archive-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> With version 0.9.6 in progress, Canonical hired developer Daniel van Vugt to work on Compiz full-time. While 0.9.6 never officially released,<ref>{{cite web |title=0.9.7.0: Compiz Core |publisher=Launchpad.net |date=March 2, 2012 |url=https://launchpad.net/compiz-core/+milestone/0.9.7.0 |access-date=May 13, 2012}}</ref> Compiz 0.9.7.0 was released a month ahead of enterprise-targeted [[Ubuntu version history#1204|Ubuntu 12.04 LTS]] (''Long Term Support'') and declared stable.<ref name=Compiz0.9.7-series>{{cite web |title=Compiz Core – Series 0.9.7 |publisher=Launchpad.net |url=https://launchpad.net/compiz-core/0.9.7 |access-date=May 12, 2012}}</ref> A few days before the official release of Ubuntu 12.04 a new development branch, 0.9.8, was created<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://launchpad.net/compiz-core/0.9.8/|title=Series 0.9.8 : Compiz Core|website=launchpad.net|date=December 8, 2014 }}</ref> in preparation for [[Ubuntu version history#1210|Ubuntu 12.10]].<ref name=Compiz0.9.8-series>{{cite web |title=Compiz 0.9.8 series |publisher=Launchpad.net |url=https://launchpad.net/compiz/0.9.8 |access-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref> For Compiz version 0.9.8 development has moved to a new Launchpad page.<ref>{{cite web |title=Compiz in Launchpad |date=October 15, 2006 |publisher=Launchpad.net |url=https://launchpad.net/compiz |access-date=May 23, 2012}}</ref>

In November 2012, Spilsbury announced that he had left Canonical<ref>{{cite web |last=Spilsbury |first=Sam |date=November 16, 2012 |title=The next chapter |url=https://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/the-next-chapter/ |quote=Today was my last day at Canonical.}}</ref> and stated he had no plans to port Compiz to [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]]. A small team continues to work on Compiz with version 0.9.13 being the focus of development as of July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://launchpad.net/compiz/0.9.13|title=Series 0.9.13 : Compiz|date=November 11, 2016 |publisher=Launchpad.net|access-date=2017-01-27}}</ref>

===Compiz Reloaded===
A group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.northfield.ws/compiz-release-announcement-0-8-14/|title=Compiz Release Announcement – 0.8.14 | work = Soreau's Blog}}</ref> forked the Compiz 0.8 series code base and modernized it and maintains it as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/compiz-reloaded|title=Compiz Reloaded|publisher=[[GitHub]]}}</ref>

==Features==
[[File:Compiz Shift Switcher.png|300px|thumb|Shift Switcher plugin]]
Almost all available Compiz features – except translucency, dimming, and desaturation – are delivered using plugins.

Compiz plugins include the cube effect, [[Alt-Tab]] application-switching with live previews or icons, and a feature similar to [[macOS]]'s [[Mission Control (macOS)|Mission Control]]. The [[Composite Extension|Composite extension]] to X is used, as is the [[OpenGL]] extension {{mono|GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/EXT/texture_from_pixmap.txt|title=OpenGL specification for EXT_texture_from_pixmap|access-date=July 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720044801/http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/EXT/texture_from_pixmap.txt|archive-date=July 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Compiz project categorizes the plugins into four main groups: Main,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsMain |title=PluginsMain - Compiz Wiki |publisher=Wiki.compiz.org |date=March 30, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810005756/http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsMain |url-status=dead }}</ref> Extra,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsExtra |title=PluginsExtra - Compiz Wiki |publisher=Wiki.compiz.org |date=June 11, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810005533/http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsExtra |url-status=dead }}</ref> Unsupported,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsUnsupported |title=PluginsUnsupported - Compiz Wiki |publisher=Wiki.compiz.org |date=March 30, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810005801/http://wiki.compiz.org/PluginsUnsupported |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Experimental.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.compiz.org/OtherPlugins |title=OtherPlugins - Compiz Wiki |publisher=Wiki.compiz.org |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811035959/http://wiki.compiz.org/OtherPlugins |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Window managers use a program called a [[window decorator]] to provide the window borders with the usual minimize, maximize and close buttons. Unlike many window managers which have only one window decorator, Compiz users have a choice of three:
* ''gtk-window-decorator'' uses either a basic [[Cairo (graphics)|cairo]]-based rendering engine or can use [[Metacity]] themes.<ref name=decorate>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.compiz.org/Decorators/GTKWindowDecorator |title=Decorators/GTKWindowDecorator - Compiz Wiki |publisher=Wiki.compiz.org |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813024151/http://wiki.compiz.org/Decorators/GTKWindowDecorator |url-status=dead }}</ref>[[File:Emerald themer 0.9.5.png|thumb|Emerald themer 0.9.5 with trueglass 0.5 frame engine]]
* ''kde-window-decorator'' uses native [[KWin]] themes.<ref name=decorate />
* ''Emerald'', a custom decorator with its own theme format that has been ported to Compiz.<ref name=decorate /> It used to be Beryl's default decorator.

==Deployments==
Compiz or Beryl have usually been deployed on Linux and other [[X11]]-based [[Unix-like]] platforms together with [[GNOME]] 2 and [[KDE 3]]. Since version 4.2, however, KDE's own [[KWin]] ships with capabilities similar to Compiz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.2/ |title=4.2.0 Release Announcement |publisher=KDE |date=January 27, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> So, Compiz is not usually deployed with recent [[Plasma Workspaces]] versions.

[[GNOME]] version 3.0 uses [[GNOME Shell]] which is built as a plugin to the [[Mutter (window manager)|Mutter]] compositing window manager.<ref name=mutter-in-js>{{cite mailing list |last=Taylor |first=Owen |date=March 23, 2009 |title=Metacity, Mutter, GNOME Shell, GNOME-2.28 |mailing-list=desktop-devel-list |url=http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2009-March/msg00106.html |quote=gnome-shell is set up as a Mutter plugin that is largely written in JavaScript}}</ref> This means Compiz cannot be used in conjunction with GNOME Shell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://martin-white.blogspot.de/2010/08/compiz-vs-gnome-shell.html |title=Tech News: Compiz vs Gnome Shell |publisher=Martin-white.blogspot.de |date=August 9, 2010 |access-date=May 12, 2012}}</ref>

Citing a lack of maintenance on the part of the Compiz developers, Fedora removed Compiz from the Fedora repositories from Fedora 17;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA1MjI |title=[Phoronix&#93; Compiz Is Likely To Get The Boot From Fedora 17 |publisher=Phoronix.com |date=February 3, 2012 |access-date=May 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/compiz |title=Fedora Package Database - compiz |publisher=Admin.fedoraproject.org |access-date=May 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104230716/https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/compiz |archive-date=November 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> however Compiz has been reinstated in the Fedora repositories since Fedora 18.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851800|title=Bug 851800 – Review Request: compiz - OpenGL window and compositing manager}}</ref> An official [[MATE (software)|MATE]] spin which includes Compiz has been available since Fedora 19.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spins.fedoraproject.org/mate-compiz/|title=Fedora MATE-Compiz Desktop}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MATE-Compiz_Spin|title=MATE-Compiz Spin - FedoraProject}}</ref>

Compiz was dropped from the [[Debian]] repositories from Debian 7 (Wheezy) onwards in August 2013 due to broken packages and a lack of upstream development on the part of the Compiz developers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677864|title=#677864 - compiz 0.8 should not release with wheezy - Debian Bug report logs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=719870|title=#719870 - RM: ccsm compiz compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported compizconfig-backend-gconf compizconfig-backend-kconfig compizconfig-python -- ROM; dead upstream, unmaintained, RC-buggy - Debian Bug report logs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=106705&hilit=compiz|title= Compiz just removed from the repos this week?}}</ref>
Compiz was reintroduced into Debian in December 2016 by the Hypra.fr Team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tracker.debian.org/news/824674|title=Debian Package Tracker|website=tracker.debian.org}}</ref>

Compiz was dropped from the [[Arch Linux]] repositories in May 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-May/024956.html|title=[arch-dev-public] Dropping compiz?|first=Bartłomiej|last=Piotrowski|date=May 20, 2013}}</ref> Compiz can still be installed from packages available in the [[Arch User Repository]].

[[Ubuntu version history#0606|Ubuntu 6.06 LTS]] and later included Compiz in the ''universe'' repository. A limited version was included by default as "Desktop Effects" in Ubuntu 7.04. From Ubuntu 7.10 onwards, Compiz was enabled by default.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/09/12/ubuntu-technical-board-votes-on-compiz-for-ubuntu-7-10|title=Ubuntu Technical Board votes on Compiz for Ubuntu 7.10|date=September 13, 2007 |publisher=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> In 2010 [[Canonical Ltd.|Canonical]] released their [[Unity (user interface)|Unity]] interface which is written as a plugin for Compiz.<ref name=UnityCompizPlugin>{{cite web |url=http://askubuntu.com/questions/13073/is-unity-just-a-plugin-of-compiz |title=Is unity just a plugin of compiz |date=November 13, 2010 |quote=The version of Unity that will be released in 11.04 is definitely implemented as plugin(s) in Compiz.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Andrei |first=Alin "Andrew" |date=October 25, 2010 |title=Unity To Use Compiz instead of Mutter – Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal News |publisher=Webupd8.org |url=http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/unity-to-use-compiz-instead-of-mutter.html |access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref>

==Reception and impact==

Early Compiz reviews were mostly favorable praising its performance,<ref>{{cite web |date=July 2, 2007 |title=SLED 10 SP1: a great Linux desktop gets better |url=https://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9100156015.html |access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref> beauty<ref>{{cite web |date=February 10, 2007 |title=Finally, Some Linux Eye Candy|url=https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/02/10/finally-some-linux-eye-candy/ |access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref> and novelty value.<ref>{{cite web |date= September 11, 2007 |title=Compiz Fusion 0.5.2 - Review |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/18598/review-compiz-fusion-052/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919101808/https://www.osnews.com/story/18598/review-compiz-fusion-052/ |archive-date=September 19, 2020 }}</ref> It was included in [[Ubuntu 6.06]] repositories to allow easy installation and was, as of 2021, the only time an Ubuntu release was postponed.

Other projects like [[Metisse]] and [[Project Looking Glass]] were developed around the same time, but none became as known or widely deployed as Compiz. Other window managers like [[GNOME Shell]] and [[KWin]] would later also implement compositing effects. [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]’s look and feel partially imitated Compiz’s most popular look and feel in the next big release ([[Windows Vista|Vista]]).

The development of [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] around 2010 merged the functions of compositor and graphics server on the same program, a move that would eventually obsolete separate window managers and compositors. Distributions which still included it by default usually enabled just a few useful plugins and disabled the more "blingy" ones. Also, distributions increasingly began including [[KDE]] and [[GNOME]] with their default window managers. The last Ubuntu version to include Compiz to implement its [[Unity (user interface)|Unity]] desktop manager was [[Ubuntu 16.04]]. After that, its development became mostly stagnant.

==Some Compiz effects (0.8.5)==
<gallery>
Burn effect.png|Burn effect
Dream effect.png|Dream effect
Explode effect.png|Explode effect
Magic Lamp effect.png|Magic Lamp effect
Maximized window deformation.png|Deformation of maximized window
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of X window managers]]
* [[VirtualGL]]
* [[DeskSpace]]
* [[Project Looking Glass]]
* [[Metisse]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [https://launchpad.net/compiz Compiz] on [[Launchpad (website)|Launchpad]]
* {{Official website|http://www.compiz.org/}} (unmaintained)
* {{Official website|https://www.compiz-fusion.org/}}

{{Compiz}}
{{X desktop environments and window managers}}
{{freedesktop.org}}

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