Can I use Ardesia on Linux without a composite manager?
No, Ardesia need a composite manager to handles the transparency. The point is that the composite manager enable to use full and true transparency; without a composite manager the tool might simulate the transparency by hands. There are no plans to run Ardesia without a composite manager. For further information about the Compositing window manager you can read the beatiful explanation on this free encyclopedia page. Now Ardesia has been tested successfully with – compiz-fusion an OpenGL compositing manager available for gnome, kde and xfce – KWin the default Windows Manager in Kubuntu – xcompmgr is a simple composite manager made by the freedesktop team (tested with Lxde and openbox) – Cairo Composite Manager is a versatile and extensible composite manager which use cairo for rendering.
