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;[1] compton is, in turn, a fork of xcompmgr-dana, forked from xcompmgr.[2][3][4]
Configuration
editPicom can be configured using a config file which in most systems is located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/picom.conf. However, picom can also be made to start with a custom config file using the following options:[2]
picom --config ~/.config/picom/picom.conf
Usages
editpicom 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.[2][5]
References
edit- ^ "Compositors in Linux". DEV Community. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ a b c "picom - ArchWiki". wiki.archlinux.org. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- ^ Knight, John (2020-06-10). "How to Speed Up Your Linux Desktop with Compton". Make Tech Easier. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ "compton(1): compositor for X11 - Linux man page". linux.die.net. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ "9 Important Things to Do After Installing i3wm". MUO. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
See also
edit- Shui, Yuxuan (2023-05-20), picom, retrieved 2023-05-21