Compiz: Ubuntu Desktop's little known best friend
"Little known?" Compiz was the hotness of the century about a decade ago. Fire effects on minimizing windows and the famous "cube" to switch desktops. Compiz definitely propelled Ubuntu and desktop Linux in general to where it is now.<p>Check out this Google Trends chart to get the picture of where it was in 2007: <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=Compiz" rel="nofollow">https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=C...</a>