If you are like me, and like to use lightweight window managers, you will probably face a problem if you want to enable even the basic visual effects  since you cannot run two window managers at the same time (example: Fluxbox conflicts with Compiz). These problems can be however solved quite easily with a program called  xcompmgr which is usually found inside Linux package repositories. Once you install xcompmgr you will have the ability to get some basic effects to your Fluxbox or more demanding effects to your Openbox setup. Continue reading →