When I first installed Ubuntu, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't turn on the fancy desktop effects, even after installing the proprietary ATI drivers. For the record, my graphic card is an integrated AMD/ATI 690G. It's the fastest integrated video card available at time of writing, as far as I know. The chip set was designed as "Vista Certified", meaning that it could run Windows Vista with the special effects. Therefore, it is certainly capable of running enhanced desktop for Linux, what remains is the compatibility.
After installing windows and playing WoW at decent frame rates (1024x768, 30fps), I decided to give Ubuntu another try. Installing Ubuntu on exisitng windows harddrive worked pretty well, and I managed to find this instruction on enabling desktop effect for ATI graphic cards. It's somewhat complicated, for someone new to the Linux world. But at the end, it seemed to work all right. I have to say, even Ubuntu is not really idiot-proof yet.
The above image is an example of special windows effect when I drag the window slowly. From the folders listed on the window, you can see that I have EGSnrc installed. In fact, that took me a while as well, but that's another post on its own.
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