Compiz settings manager, emerald, awn

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How-to run compiz as a stand-alone window manager

You can do this as a clean install (minimal Ubuntu/other distro + compiz) or include it as an alternative environment alongside Openbox.  The following assumes you prefer to do this with your #! installation, if not it is a very rudimentary endeavor to build it from a minimal.

This information is simply a reparsing of what I have found on the net.

Here are the steps I take:..

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