How to use your KDE QT style in GTK applications like Firefox

When you want to use your QT Style in Firefox on Kubuntu you will have to install QT GTK Engine.

lennart@sundaysister:~$ sudo aptitude install gtk2-engines-gtk-qt

Desktop effects with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

I wanted to try out the new desktop effect features of Ubuntu Gutsy but i got the following error message:

Desktop effects could not be enabled

So i started compiz from shell to see a possible error message. I found this message:

Checking for Xgl: not present.

I thought that Ubuntu already installed all packages i needed to run compiz, but it seems like i had no XGL installed.
So i started aptitude, searched for "xgl", found "xserver-xgl" and installed it.

You can do that by using aptitude directly from shell:

sudo aptitude install xserver-xgl

Now restart X (ALT + CTRL + Backspace), login again and enable the desktop effects! It does work without any modifications to your xorg.conf because Ubuntu did that for you after installing xserver-xgl.

Have fun! :)

My keyboard layout was changed after the restart of X. You can easily change it to your preferred keyboard layout in the Ubuntu settings menu.

DON'T download Ubuntu Gutsy yet

Please don't download Ubuntu Gutsy from any mirrors anybody sent you!
The mirroring process is still in progress.
You slow down the final release process by downloading from those mirrors. (Any you might get partial downloads)

Wait until Gutsy is officially released on ubuntu.com and use Torrent if you can.