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[hackel <rd.launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, what a whine-fest!  You people don't seem to understand what
compositing is...  You would NOT want desktop effects transmited over a
VNC connection, the end-result would be horrible.  Would you try to play
a 3D game over VNC?  I'm surprised it even works at all with the latest
X.org.  If you want desktop effects, they need to be rendered locally.
Take a look at xdmx and Suse's Nomad http://en.opensuse.org/Nomad  I
think the latter is a good candidate for inclusion in the next Ubuntu as
it seems quite user friendly already.  So please, stop salivating at the
mouth and just turn off compositing/desktop effects if you want to use
VNC.  It's that simple.

Also--for a quick, easy and user-friendly solution, install fusion-icon.
It will easily let you switch between Compiz and Metacity on the fly...

FYI--for those of you bitching about VNC working on other operating
systems, you really have no clue what you are talking about.  X was
*designed* as a remote desktop solution long before it was even possible
on Windows.  VNC was also designed for X and only later ported to
Windows.  Windows didn't even have compositing (DWM) until Visa, and VNC
will work just as badly with it enabled as it does on Ubuntu.  And to
"John Doe:" there is no "Linux OS".  Ubuntu is an OS, which runs the
Linux kernel.  There is no "Linux OS," don't blame the kernel developers
for a problem that has nothing to do with them at best, and is only
user-error at worst.

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Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126
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