Linux Mint Emerald help

[Hunk_4TH]

I can't seem to find Emerald anywhere. Has it been discontinued? I see a lot of themes posted for it but Emeralrd seems impossible to find. I'm running the latest Mint Cinnamon 64.

[Shemhamforash]

You'd have to install Compiz 0.9 series using the package manager in Linux Mint or via command line and install these two packages:
https://personal.filesanywhere.com/f...8f5b5e71b19fa8
https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package...n/base/emerald

Type emerald --replace in terminal to test it out. If your borders have changed than it's working.

Also, DE's like cinammon or gnome won't work with compiz. Ubuntu MATE is your best bet for easily using Compiz + Emerald as Compiz is built into the desktop by default.

[Hunk_4TH]

Thanks! Yeah, I figured Mate would have been a better choice. Out of curiosity I installed the Mate session but that command didn't change anything.

Anything else I could try or just install Mate as suggested? I was really trying to stir clear of Ubuntu mainly because of their recently partnership with Microsoft.

[Shemhamforash]

Thanks! Yeah, I figured Mate would have been a better choice. Out of curiosity I installed the Mate session but that command didn't change anything.

Anything else I could try or just install Mate as suggested? I was really trying to stir clear of Ubuntu mainly because of their recently partnership with Microsoft.

Ubuntu MATE is different from Ubuntu (default Unity desktop environment) in terms of who it's made by. The team working on Ubuntu MATE has previously been providing official MATE repos for all Linux OS's. Canonical simply approached them with the opportunity of becoming an official "flavor" of Ubuntu.

The reason I suggest Ubuntu MATE is mainly because it will have installed and set up mostly everything for what you need in a full MATE session. Plus if you don't know how Compiz works you will need to install and configure more things manually before it will work. In Ubuntu MATE you still need to enable Emerald by installing those programs, but Compiz can be conveniently enabled out of the box using MATE-Tweak, see more https://virtualcustoms.net/showthread...-for-New-Users

Download
ubuntu-mate-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso

[Hunk_4TH]

Thanks again! I guess I will give Mate a shot. Luckily this is a fresh Mint installation.

I will report back with my results or if I need anymore help. Appreciate it!

[Shemhamforash]

Thanks again! I guess I will give Mate a shot. Luckily this is a fresh Mint installation.

I will report back with my results or if I need anymore help. Appreciate it!

When I last installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04 all I had to do was install the attached files, selected Compiz in the MATE-Tweak Tool, opened terminal and typed
$ emerald --replace
$ sudo apt-get install ccsm
in ccsm you can enter the command emerald --replace in the Window Decoration plugin

type in terminal
$ sudo caja /usr/share/emerald/
Put themes in /usr/share/emerald/themes