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[[Category:LinuxUbuntu]][[CagtegoryCategory:UbuntuLinux]]
= Setting Visual Effects =
The desktop effects with Windows Vista ('''Aero''' interface) are neat, but they in no way compare to the desktop effects with Linux ('''Compiz Fusion''' extension). There is another interesting fact: those desktop effects in Linux have already been used for many years (at least for 7 or more years)! Another <u>advantage</u> of open source software development offering the newest and "coolest" effects... The ability to use special desktop effects in any operating system depends on your hardware, particularly, your graphics card. Therefore, if you cannot setup the coolest desktop effect, you have an older graphics card...
To turn on special desktop effectsin Ubuntu, select '''SYSTEM -> PREFERENCES -> APPEARANCE''' , then select the '''Visual Effects''' tab.
There are three settings:
# Click the "'''Add'''" button. The "'''Add Startup Program'''" dialog box will appear.
# Give the program a name like: Emerald Plugin
# Under the '''Command ''' textbox, type: '''emerald --replace'''
# Then click the "'''Add'''" button. Your additional program called "''Emerald Plugin''" will now be run whenever you login to your Linux graphical environment.
# Close the "'''Startup Applications Preferences'''" dialog box .
