picom
{{Short description|Standalone compositor for Linux}}
Picom is a lightweight standalone compositor created for the X Window System. It is a fork of compton, created because compton wasn't being actively maintained;{{Cite web|title=Compositors in Linux|url=https://dev.to/l04db4l4nc3r/compositors-in-linux-1hhb|access-date=2020-10-17|website=DEV Community|language=en}} compton is, in turn, a fork of xcompmgr-dana, forked from xcompmgr.{{Cite web |title=picom - ArchWiki |url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/picom |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=wiki.archlinux.org}}{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=John|date=2020-06-10|title=How to Speed Up Your Linux Desktop with Compton|url=https://www.maketecheasier.com/speed-up-linux-desktop-with-compton/|access-date=2020-10-17|website=Make Tech Easier|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=compton(1): compositor for X11 - Linux man page|url=https://linux.die.net/man/1/compton|access-date=2020-10-17|website=linux.die.net}}
Configuration
Usages
Picom has multiple configurations in which it can be run, however in most instances, when using it in conjunction with another window manager, the -b flag is used to start it as a background process.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=9 Important Things to Do After Installing i3wm |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/things-to-do-after-installing-i3wm/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=MUO |language=en}}
References
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See also
- {{Citation |last=Shui |first=Yuxuan |title=picom |date=2023-05-20 |url=https://github.com/yshui/picom |access-date=2023-05-21}}