Getting Compiz to function in default Xandros

Warning i take no responsibility for you screwing up your computer: proceed at your own risk Note IF you really want all the glory of compiz-fusion i would suggest simply moving on to the eeeXubuntu OS, more support and useability.
That said, here's how to get what you want:

Install advanced desktop via the wiki info

Used information from
http://technowizah.com/2006/10/debian-how-to-aiglx-compiz.html

and

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=6245

A few changes have to be made to the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

In Section „Module“, make sure you have

 Load   "dbe"

in first position.

In Section „Device“, ensure you have

 Option   "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"   "true"

in last position. Plus, if you don't already have a Section „Extensions“, add one somewhere (still in your xorg.conf) :

Section „Extensions“

 Option   "Composite"   "Enable"

EndSection

AIGLX is integrated in the X server. Also, it should get loaded automatically. Ensure that it does :

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i aiglx

which should say (= AIGLX enabled (with a bunch of errors after that). If it doesn't get loaded, you can force it by adding :

 Option   "AIGLX"   "true"

to Section „ServerLayout“ of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

Compiz's installation is quite straight forward. First install the required packages :

sudo apt-get install compiz

Then, add Compiz to your desktop environment (Gnome, KDE, or Xfce) startup script:

Simply create a file „kwrite /home/user/.kde/Autostart/compiz.desktop“ with this content :

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=compiz –replace gconf & kde-window-decorator &
GenericName[en_US]=
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-autostart-after=kdesktop

Restart the X server (Ctrl+Alt+backspace)

Now - install gconf to change settings:

sudo apt-get install gconf-editor

(with extra repositories and pinning as discussed in the wiki)

let it finish, then type in:

gconf-editor &

go through the logical progression (apps/compiz/general/allscreens/options)
scroll to the shortcut for maximize vertically and change from Disabled to:

<Alt>F10

now this should take effect immediately, so alt+F10 to bring the windows to size

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At this point you might find that none of your windows have a window decorator (ie title bar). This can be solved as follows (with thanks to Forum member Ravexildow):

When trying to run compiz in the terminal you get a trace that you can read to see what the program is trying to do. I won't quote it here because I'm too lazy to reproduce it. However, it basically is saying that the gtk-window-decorator has caused a problem with the X server because it couldn't load the .xml file it pointed to during launch.

This is the case because, for some reason, the gtk-window-decorator is looking for an .xml file in /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/metacity-1/ even though this folder does not exist at all when you install Compiz. Wierd I know, but since you installed Compiz-gnome it expected it.

It's dirty but it works. Simply download any metacity theme of your liking (from gnome-look.org – I particularly like „Blended“) and copy the contents of the theme folder into /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/ and restart Compiz. It will correctly load whatever metacity theme you put in that folder.

Quelle¹⁾