metacity compositing not displayed in system->preferences->appearance

[chris mason]

Binary package hint: metacity

some users, such as this one:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1203050

would like to use software (such as awn or gnome-do with the docky theme) that requires compositing, but are unable to use compiz due to hardware requirements.

metacity itself is capable of composing, which would let users install software requiring it, but enabling it is so unintuitive that most users simply think they are out of luck.

the current way to do it is outlined here:

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/03/31/enable-metacity-compositing-in-gnome-222/

it involves a lot of command line stuff that can scare novice users away.

the option to enable metacity compositing should be in system -> preferences -> appearance -> visual effects.

2 minute mockup:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/earthpiglite/metacitycompositing.jpg

[chris mason (mason-christopher-thomas)]

"are unable to use compiz due to hardware requirements."

should read

"are unable to use compiz due to hardware limitations."

also, mockup attached.

[Dennis Craven (dcraven)]

Thank you for the bug report. I'm changing affected package to gnome-control-center as I feel it more directly impacts that package.