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Here's how to get XGL working on Ubuntu Dapper. It won't ever be working on earlier versions without massive recompiling and manually installing a whole lot of things. So don't try :)

Many thanks to Matthew Garrett for packaging XGL so quickly and writing the e-mail that's the base of this page.

/!\ XGL is still highly experimental and not recommended for casual use.
 1. Enable the universe repository (see AddingRepositoriesHowto)
 1. Make sure that you have the latest mesa, libglitz1 and libglitz-glx1, xserver-xgl {{{
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa libglitz1 libglitz-glx1 xserver-xgl}}}
 1. Install compiz-kde and/or compiz-gnome depending on your desktop {{{
sudo apt-get install compiz-gnome
}}}
 1. Replace /etc/X11/X with a symlink to /usr/bin/Xgl {{{
sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/Xgl /etc/X11/X
}}}
 1. Close all applications and restart gdm (This will log you out!) {{{
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
}}}
 1. In a terminal start compiz and the Gnome window decorator (do NOT use sudo here) {{{
compiz --replace decoration fade gconf minimize move place resize rotate scale switcher wobbly zoom cube
gnome-window-decorator
}}}
 1. Add these commands to {{{~/.gnomerc}}} if you want this on every login (which you probably do)

To get back to sanity (normal X):

 1. If you edited ~/.gnomerc in the last step of the previous part, remove the commands again
 1. Replace /etc/X11/X with a symlink to /usr/bin/Xorg {{{
sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/Xorg /etc/X11/X
}}}
 1. Close all applications and restart gdm (This will log you out!) {{{
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
}}}

As noted before, these are highly experimental packages. If it crashes, this is unsurprising. Please do feel free to file bugs, but right now they'll probably just be forwarded upstream. Please do not be surprised if it doesn't work. If you're running binary drivers, things get even more complicated and there's a reasonable chance that things will fail to work in strange and unexpected ways.

Have fun, and start thinking of ways that this technology can be used for the force of good.
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