Monday, January 26, 2009

Enable desktop effects with some additional features (fedora)

Follow the below instructions

1) Add livna repo
$ sudo rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm
$ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-livna
Note: disable livna-devel & liva-testing repos if enabled by default.

2) Install nvidia driver
$ sudo yum install kmod-nvidia
Note: May require a system restart.

3) Even though FC8 comes with compiz more additional softwares are required to use it better so install the below softwares.
$ sudo yum install compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnome compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compiz-manager gnome-compiz-manager

4) Enable the desktop effects and enjoy!

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