My laptop has been installed the latest version of Compiz and it just works. Today, I would like to try Beryl on the same laptop without uninstallation any packages especially Compiz. My inspiration is an article at ArsGeek where the author confirmed that Beryl works with i915.

Installing Beryl after Compiz is very easy. I have found 2 installation guides.

1. Beryl's official guide for Ubuntu Edgy Eft
2. Ubuntu's community guide

Below are what I did.

1. Add new repository to /etc/apt/sources.list.

   deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ edgy main-edgy
   

2. Install its PGP key.

   wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ -O- | sudo apt-key add -
   

3. Update local package list.

   sudo apt-get update
   

4. Install Beryl.

   sudo aptitude install beryl
   

All done! To activate Beryl, just run beryl-manager whenever you want. If you want to start it automatically, add beryl-manager to your startup programs.

One better thing I found in Beryl out of Compiz is the per-window menu to move that window to specific workspace. Great!

Tags: ubuntu edgy, composite manager, beryl