One of the major reasons I loved Gnome2 so much was simply the amazing transparency effect it had on the Terminal and other windows. I plain loved it. But after switching to MATE Desktop Environment all I got was the Wallpaper instead of true transparency effect. It didn't need a fix at all. I just didn't know the name of the function. It's called "Compositing". You can turn it on by:
- Going to your Menu
- Type "Desktop Settings" in the search box
- Click the Desktop Settings button
- Tick the "Use GNOME Compositing"
Hi
ReplyDeleteWhere is desktop-settings ?? where is menu ? what menu ?!!
Thanks.
Hello, alireza
ReplyDeleteThe Menu refers to the start menu of the Mate desktop. If you haven't changed your interface a bit it should be on the bottom left side of your screen
Click it, at the bottom of the menu you'll see a search box. There you type "Desktop Settings"
Great post, but in Mate 1.8+ the steps in this guide have slightly changed from the old ones. If you have a 3-menu layout (Applications, Places, System), then go to Preferences -> Windows. If you have the MATE menu applet instead, go to Preferences in the MATE menu first, then to Preferences, and open Windows.
ReplyDeleteEither way, once you get to the Windows preferences pane, you should be in the General tab by default. Check "Enable software compositing window manager" and click Close. The built-in MATE desktop compositor should now be running, as it no longer uses the old compositor of as the more recent versions.
Thank you Andrew. I haven't been continuing on Mate for sometime so didn't notice :) I'll update when I get some time with your useful information.
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