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Installing Beryl (the cool 3D desktop videos you see on youtube) in Feisty is super easy now. This is made possible because of the restricted drivers manager with which you can install non-free drivers for NVidia cards easily. Follow these instructions and you can easily have a cool looking Ubuntu desktop.

1. First update your system by typing in the terminal
   $ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
2. Then you need to add a repository to your sources.list file.
   Type $ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
   Add this line to the end of the file and save it. deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main
3. Then type this in your terminal
   $ wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
4. Then update your system.
   $ sudo apt-get update
5. Install the latest Nvidia drivers
   $ sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx
$ sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite
6. Restart your X by pressing ctrl+alt+backspace
7. Install Beryl and emerald themes
   $ sudo apt-get install beryl emerald-themes beryl-manager
8. You can now run beryl by typing beryl-manager in the run application box by pressing alt+f2
9. To make beryl start automatically every time you login,
   goto System -> Preferences -> Sessions
   In Startup Programs -> New add beryl-manager.