How to Enable-Disable Compiz Fusion effects in openSUSE

There may be instances when you need to disable Desktop Effects (Compiz Fusion) temporarily in openSUSE.

To disable Desktop Effects temporarily,

    Press + F2 and type “metacity — replace”

This should let compiz to start but disables later on. This will replace metacity as the new Window Manager.

To re-enable Desktop Effects

    Press + F2 and type “compiz-manager –replace”

This will let you make compiz-manager as the Window Manager again.