I originally installed Ubuntu, forgetting how badly I get on with GNOME Shell/GNOME 3 etc, and then did an apt-get install xfce4.
Perhaps not the right way to install XFCE, but the only thing my scroll wheel is now used for (other than scrolling up/down documents) is changing workspaces when over the workspace switcher and/or the desktop.
My setup has no Compiz, as far as I'm aware.
I originally installed Ubuntu, forgetting how badly I get on with GNOME Shell/GNOME 3 etc, and then did an apt-get install xfce4.
Perhaps not the right way to install XFCE, but the only thing my scroll wheel is now used for (other than scrolling up/down documents) is changing workspaces when over the workspace switcher and/or the desktop.