Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
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Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
Cinnamon uses Muffin, so why is the package installed in the Cinnamon version of Mint? Is it safe to remove?
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Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
Should be. Try removing compiz and see if it attempts to bring a bunch of other packages along with it.
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Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
It isn't. You are mistaken... unless perhaps you have a very old version, but you didn't state what version you have.dee. wrote:why is the package installed in the Cinnamon version of Mint?
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Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
Compiz is not included, but Cinnamon DOES require a compositor for your screen. It inherits its requirement from GNOME which it is derived from.
Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
Not a very old version, unless you count the latest LTS (with backported packages) very old.
I know I haven't installed Compiz myself, and I don't know of any software that should have pulled it in, I don't have any other DE's installed on this machine.
Yet the package is there, and the first mention of it I can find in Synaptic history is an upgrade event, which would seem to indicate that it was included with the distro...
I know I haven't installed Compiz myself, and I don't know of any software that should have pulled it in, I don't have any other DE's installed on this machine.
Yet the package is there, and the first mention of it I can find in Synaptic history is an upgrade event, which would seem to indicate that it was included with the distro...
Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
The LTS isn't that old, but before applying all of those updates, Mint 13 ships with 1.4. So yeah, old version by default.
Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
But what does even Cinnamon 1.4 need Compiz for?passerby wrote:The LTS isn't that old, but before applying all of those updates, Mint 13 ships with 1.4. So yeah, old version by default.
Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
For nothing. Compiz does not work with Cinnamon/Gnome Shell.
Re: Why is compiz included in Mint/Cinnamon?
Right, so why is the package included with it?