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| Linux Lite 2.0 is great, Compton makes it even better (with Nvidia drivers) |
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Posted by: eightbit - 09-28-2014, 04:43 AM - Forum: Tutorials
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I noticed quickly that the built in compositor in XFCE does not play nicely with Geforce cards. In my case, the GTX 460 with the proprietary Nvidia driver. I experience weird effects like checkerboard patterns while playing videos with the default compositor. This has been an issue for some time, and I have had enough of it! So, I set up Compton as an alternate compositor and it works splendidly. This might help others:
You’ll need to switch of any existing compositing you’ve got running, otherwise this won’t work. Unless you know differently, this will be the default one, built into the XFCE window manager, xfwm4.
To switch this off, go into the Applications menu and click ‘Settings Manager’:
Then click ‘Window Manager Tweaks’, then the ‘Compositor’ tab, and un-tick the ‘Enable Display Compositing’ box. Then:
Code: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:richardgv/compton
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install compton
Once it’s installed, create a text file in ~/.config/ called compton.conf with the following contents:
Code: #################################
#
# Backend
#
#################################
# Backend to use: "xrender" or "glx".
# GLX backend is typically much faster but depends on a sane driver.
backend = "glx";
#################################
#
# GLX backend
#
#################################
glx-no-stencil = true;
# GLX backend: Copy unmodified regions from front buffer instead of redrawing them all.
# My tests with nvidia-drivers show a 10% decrease in performance when the whole screen is modified,
# but a 20% increase when only 1/4 is.
# My tests on nouveau show terrible slowdown.
# Useful with --glx-swap-method, as well.
glx-copy-from-front = false;
# GLX backend: Use MESA_copy_sub_buffer to do partial screen update.
# My tests on nouveau shows a 200% performance boost when only 1/4 of the screen is updated.
# May break VSync and is not available on some drivers.
# Overrides --glx-copy-from-front.
# glx-use-copysubbuffermesa = true;
# GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage.
# Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes, but is known to break things on some drivers (LLVMpipe).
# Recommended if it works.
# glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true;
# GLX backend: GLX buffer swap method we assume.
# Could be undefined (0), copy (1), exchange (2), 3-6, or buffer-age (-1).
# undefined is the slowest and the safest, and the default value.
# copy is fastest, but may fail on some drivers,
# 2-6 are gradually slower but safer (6 is still faster than 0).
# Usually, double buffer means 2, triple buffer means 3.
# buffer-age means auto-detect using GLX_EXT_buffer_age, supported by some drivers.
# Useless with --glx-use-copysubbuffermesa.
# Partially breaks --resize-damage.
# Defaults to undefined.
glx-swap-method = "undefined";
#################################
#
# Shadows
#
#################################
# Enabled client-side shadows on windows.
shadow = true;
# Don't draw shadows on DND windows.
no-dnd-shadow = true;
# Avoid drawing shadows on dock/panel windows.
no-dock-shadow = true;
# Zero the part of the shadow's mask behind the window. Fix some weirdness with ARGB windows.
clear-shadow = true;
# The blur radius for shadows. (default 12)
shadow-radius = 5;
# The left offset for shadows. (default -15)
shadow-offset-x = -5;
# The top offset for shadows. (default -15)
shadow-offset-y = -5;
# The translucency for shadows. (default .75)
shadow-opacity = 0.5;
# Set if you want different colour shadows
# shadow-red = 0.0;
# shadow-green = 0.0;
# shadow-blue = 0.0;
# The shadow exclude options are helpful if you have shadows enabled. Due to the way compton draws its shadows, certain applications will have visual glitches
# (most applications are fine, only apps that do weird things with xshapes or argb are affected).
# This list includes all the affected apps I found in my testing. The "! name~=''" part excludes shadows on any "Unknown" windows, this prevents a visual glitch with the XFWM alt tab switcher.
shadow-exclude = [
"! name~=''",
"name = 'Notification'",
"name = 'Plank'",
"name = 'Docky'",
"name = 'Kupfer'",
"name = 'xfce4-notifyd'",
"name *= 'VLC'",
"name *= 'compton'",
"name *= 'Chromium'",
"name *= 'Chrome'",
"name *= 'Firefox'",
"class_g = 'Conky'",
"class_g = 'Kupfer'",
"class_g = 'Synapse'",
"class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'",
"class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'",
"class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'",
"class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'"
];
# Avoid drawing shadow on all shaped windows (see also: --detect-rounded-corners)
shadow-ignore-shaped = false;
#################################
#
# Opacity
#
#################################
menu-opacity = 1;
inactive-opacity = 1;
active-opacity = 1;
frame-opacity = 1;
inactive-opacity-override = false;
alpha-step = 0.06;
# Dim inactive windows. (0.0 - 1.0)
# inactive-dim = 0.2;
# Do not let dimness adjust based on window opacity.
# inactive-dim-fixed = true;
# Blur background of transparent windows. Bad performance with X Render backend. GLX backend is preferred.
# blur-background = true;
# Blur background of opaque windows with transparent frames as well.
# blur-background-frame = true;
# Do not let blur radius adjust based on window opacity.
blur-background-fixed = false;
blur-background-exclude = [
"window_type = 'dock'",
"window_type = 'desktop'"
];
#################################
#
# Fading
#
#################################
# Fade windows during opacity changes.
fading = true;
# The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 10).
fade-delta = 4;
# Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.028).
fade-in-step = 0.03;
# Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03).
fade-out-step = 0.03;
# Fade windows in/out when opening/closing
# no-fading-openclose = true;
# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should not be faded.
fade-exclude = [ ];
#################################
#
# Other
#
#################################
# Try to detect WM windows and mark them as active.
mark-wmwin-focused = true;
# Mark all non-WM but override-redirect windows active (e.g. menus).
mark-ovredir-focused = true;
# Use EWMH _NET_WM_ACTIVE_WINDOW to determine which window is focused instead of using FocusIn/Out events.
# Usually more reliable but depends on a EWMH-compliant WM.
use-ewmh-active-win = true;
# Detect rounded corners and treat them as rectangular when --shadow-ignore-shaped is on.
detect-rounded-corners = true;
# Detect _NET_WM_OPACITY on client windows, useful for window managers not passing _NET_WM_OPACITY of client windows to frame windows.
# This prevents opacity being ignored for some apps.
# For example without this enabled my xfce4-notifyd is 100% opacity no matter what.
detect-client-opacity = true;
# Specify refresh rate of the screen.
# If not specified or 0, compton will try detecting this with X RandR extension.
refresh-rate = 0;
# Set VSync method. VSync methods currently available:
# none: No VSync
# drm: VSync with DRM_IOCTL_WAIT_VBLANK. May only work on some drivers.
# opengl: Try to VSync with SGI_video_sync OpenGL extension. Only work on some drivers.
# opengl-oml: Try to VSync with OML_sync_control OpenGL extension. Only work on some drivers.
# opengl-swc: Try to VSync with SGI_swap_control OpenGL extension. Only work on some drivers. Works only with GLX backend. Known to be most effective on many drivers. Does not actually control paint timing, only buffer swap is affected, so it doesn’t have the effect of --sw-opti unlike other methods. Experimental.
# opengl-mswc: Try to VSync with MESA_swap_control OpenGL extension. Basically the same as opengl-swc above, except the extension we use.
# (Note some VSync methods may not be enabled at compile time.)
vsync = "opengl-swc";
# Enable DBE painting mode, intended to use with VSync to (hopefully) eliminate tearing.
# Reported to have no effect, though.
dbe = false;
# Painting on X Composite overlay window. Recommended.
paint-on-overlay = true;
# Limit compton to repaint at most once every 1 / refresh_rate second to boost performance.
# This should not be used with --vsync drm/opengl/opengl-oml as they essentially does --sw-opti's job already,
# unless you wish to specify a lower refresh rate than the actual value.
sw-opti = false;
# Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected, to maximize performance for full-screen windows, like games.
# Known to cause flickering when redirecting/unredirecting windows.
# paint-on-overlay may make the flickering less obvious.
unredir-if-possible = true;
# Specify a list of conditions of windows that should always be considered focused.
focus-exclude = [ ];
# Use WM_TRANSIENT_FOR to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time.
detect-transient = true;
# Use WM_CLIENT_LEADER to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time.
# WM_TRANSIENT_FOR has higher priority if --detect-transient is enabled, too.
detect-client-leader = true;
#################################
#
# Window type settings
#
#################################
wintypes:
{
tooltip =
{
# fade: Fade the particular type of windows.
fade = true;
# shadow: Give those windows shadow
shadow = false;
# opacity: Default opacity for the type of windows.
opacity = 0.85;
# focus: Whether to always consider windows of this type focused.
focus = true;
};
};
ALT-F2 and run "compton" (no quotes)
Assuming that worked, we’ll make Compton start at startup. Go into the Applications menu and click ‘Settings Manager’, then click ‘Session and Startup’, then select the ‘Application Autostart’ tab,
Click Add and:
Name: Compton
Description: Compositor for X11
Command: compton -b
The -b switch allows compton to run in the background on reboot. Reboot and enjoy! This works perfectly for me and allows nice window dragging, compositing effects, smooth webpage scrolling and video playback.
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| How can I enhance security from malware (passwords, permissions, Wi-Fi router)? |
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Posted by: m654321 - 09-28-2014, 03:28 AM - Forum: Network
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Recently I posted on the LL forum that I had been hit by the partner18mydomainadvisor, by inadvertently visiting its .com website, when I had only wished to look up information about it. To cut a long story short, I reformatted by hard drive, and clean installed LL2 again. Problem sorted.
However, the experience made me ask the question about how secure my set-ups are, i.e. a win7/LL2 dual-boot and a distro-only multiboot). Since I came to Linux I have always been a paid subscriber to the ESET antivirus version for Linux (having had very good experience of this with previous MS Windows only set-ups) to take care of general security, together with the usual regular updating of LL2. I should add that I am a home-user, and sole user of the laptops concerned - I do not use the laptops in public spaces.
What about passwords? This made me look at the three instances when a password is needed in any given session...
(1) LL2 logon - a password was set-up when installing the OS (I have set LL2 to auto-logon when booting up)
(2) Making changes to the computer - a password is needed (permission requested) when say installing new software with synaptic package manager
(3) Keyring for Wi-Fi - a password is requested for the keyring default, whenever I use the Wi-Fi after auto logon
I then realized that the password I set up for (1), is the same as (2) & (3)! Doesn't this render my LL set-ups vulnerable to malware attack?
My question is, should I have three different passwords for LL2, one for each of the above three instances?
Any advice on this gratefully appreciated - many thanks ...
Regards
Mike
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| Hello! |
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Posted by: eightbit - 09-28-2014, 03:10 AM - Forum: Introductions
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Just popping in to say hello and to express my thanks for Linux Lite 2.0. This distro is absolutely amazing. So polished, so light, so damn good. The best XFCE based Ubuntu distro available, hands down.
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| Music Mix |
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Posted by: bitsnpcs - 09-28-2014, 12:58 AM - Forum: Off Topic
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Hello,
I have just completed my first ever music mix, and just wanted to share about this.
I used Linux Lite and Audacity.
It is the first project I have done using Linux.
I used 16 separate sessions, this taking me total time of just over 32 hours to make the mix, the mix is 50 minutes and 33 seconds duration.
The time includes learning to use Audacity (sort of lol), on the fly whilst making the mix, without RTM at all, I did view it at the beginning it didn't cover any of the things I wanted to know at that time, so I left it alone for later, and had a play instead, which is usually how I first begin to use a software.
I also used some sound effects, and I also made different ones by overlapping/merging anything from 2-5 effects, I also made a couple of effects by using sound bites of songs.
A maximum of approximately no more than 50% of any song duration was used, and many use less than this.
The beginning of a song on the mix in some cases is not the beginning of the original song, and in some cases the song on the mix begins 50 or even 75% through the original song, done for blending/making fit, effect.
It's a reggae mix, I used the sub genres - Lovers Rock, Roots, Dancehall, Reggaeton.
It begins with lovers rock and ends with it too.
I use roots either side of the dancehall. This was a challenge being the fastest and slowest songs.
I like the mix myself but am unsure if anyone else would like it, it was a really enjoyable and fun first project, I hope my post encourages someone else with whatever their first project on Linux Lite is, and I hope to read about your projects too.
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| cards video for game "linux lite" |
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Posted by: ramzy - 09-27-2014, 07:05 PM - Forum: Video Cards
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Hello ,I have a question I want to installing Linux lite 2.0 just for gaming(steam) in my new laptop , Do you really encountered any problem drivers carte graphique?
my laptop
lenovo b590
carte graphique intel 4000 hd
ram 4 g
pro i3
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| Linux Lite 1.0.8 and Bash Vulnerability |
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Posted by: dby - 09-27-2014, 12:53 PM - Forum: On Topic
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Hello everyone, my first time posting.
I'm currently running Linux Lite 1.0.8 and as its performed faultlessly on my ageing former XP machine I haven't yet upgraded to 2.0. However, with the recent Shellshock bug being reported I've installed system updates and updated the Bash.
Having done that, I've run the tests recommended here: https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index...opic=925.0 and the second still returns 'Vulnerable'. My question is threefold: is this a problem to be concerned with, is there likely to be a fix, or am I better off upgrading to 2.0?
I look forward to seeing any suggestions.
dby
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| Missing Help Manual |
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Posted by: Daveyboy - 09-26-2014, 11:57 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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As a recent Windows XP convert I started out with LL 1.08 (Dual Boot) and loved it. I have just installed LL 2.0 but when I click on the run Help Manual I get the following error message
Error when getting information for file 'usr/share/doc/xfce4-utils/html/c/index.html': No such file or directory
Could someone please advise me , in simple terms, how I can remedy this problem
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| New Install Advice (update included) |
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Posted by: ChrisL - 09-26-2014, 11:54 PM - Forum: Installing Linux Lite
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My "vehicle" is 32 bit Windows XP, Celeron 3.2?Ghz, 1G Ram, I think the kicker is the graphics card GeForce FX5200. There seems to be some question if this card is compatible with the new release 2.0 LL or if I have to use an older release.
So, that is question #1 I guess:
1) What release ... (would prefer the latest if it will support the drivers which are the nvidia 173.xx for this card)?
2) The manual suggests I get advice for the set-up I would like. I have XP on one small (40G hard drive) which is good enough for what little I do on it, and would like to install Linux Lite on a second clean Hard Drive that is 120G, and would like to dual boot. Best way to do so?
Your help is much appreciated. Thank you.
Chris
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