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## What is Compiz?

Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL. It provides various new graphical effects and features on any desktop environment, including GNOME and KDE.  

Compiz has a flexible plug-in system and it is designed to run well on most graphics hardware. 

The implementation of Compiz is based on using the new GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap extension of Xgl, AIGLX or NVIDIA for binding redirected top-level windows to texture objects.  


## Compiz Fusion

Compiz Fusion is a separate project which builds upon Compiz. Its homepage is [[http://www.compiz-fusion.org|http://www.compiz-fusion.org]] See [[Compiz Fusion Vs Compiz|http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/CompizFusionVsCompiz]] on the Compiz Fusion wiki. 


## Mailing Lists

The Compiz mailing list is hosted on freedesktop.org: [[http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/compiz|http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/compiz]]. The This list should only be used for discussing Compiz itself. For discussing Compiz Fusion, the Compiz Fusion project has has several subject-based mailing lists: [[http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/|http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/]]. 


## Download


### Stable release

The current stable release is version 0.6.2. 

[[http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.6.2.tar.bz2|http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.6.2.tar.bz2]] 

[[http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.6.2.tar.gz|http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.6.2.tar.gz]] 

Git tag: compiz-0.6.2 (111d5994a8b5a0a3b4b8bf12b566dcd2a7c51d30) 

SHA1 Checksum: ab5ecad856049a12a803fe6c94c3e55cdfcb5f68 compiz-0.6.2.tar.gz 

[[Full Release Announcement|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2007-October/002726.html]] 


### Development Release

The current development release is version 0.7.8. 

[[http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.7.8.tar.gz|http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/compiz-0.7.8.tar.gz]] 

Git tag: compiz-0.7.8 (6069eec2533f9cf814c932d9e651e35fe8f3d953) 

SHA1 Checksum: 985bb33837b760ad656e3ce541f4ac5c47507c0c compiz-0.7.8.tar.gz 

[[Full Release Announcement|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2008-September/003196.html]] [[Tarball Fix Announcement|http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2008-September/003199.html]] 


## Source Code Access


[[!format txt """
$ git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/app/compiz
"""]]
For more instructions on using [[Git|http://git.or.cz/]] with freedesktop.org projects, see [[UsingGit|UsingGit]]. Gitweb allows browsing the [[changes on the web|http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/app/compiz.git;a=summary]]. 


## Reporting Bugs

Use [[bugzilla|http://bugs.freedesktop.org]] to report bugs or suggest enhancements. The product is **xorg** and component is **App/compiz**. 


## Developer Documentation

* [[Developer Documentation on the Compiz Fusion Wiki|http://wiki.compiz-fusion.org/Development]] 
* [[Community Forum|http://forum.compiz-fusion.org]] 
* [[A Simple Compiz Plugin Walkthrough|http://www.downwithnumbers.com/compiz_plugins.html]] (out of date) 
* [[Software/CompizCodingStyle|Software/CompizCodingStyle]] 
* [[Software/CompizTechOverview|Software/CompizTechOverview]]