Been trying out many methods online but none of them work perfect.
The open source ati driver+beryl will cause system freeze at random and only mouse can move
The open source ati driver didn't support xgl
The ati restricted driver coming with ubuntu didn't support Composite (ubuntu desktop effect)
The ati restricted driver coming with ubuntu didn't support beryl that comes with ubuntu
Xgl didn't support the beryl that comes with ubuntu

So the following method will work
Tested base on Thinkpad t43, with X300 graphic card, Ubuntu 7.04, Feisty Fawn

1. Install ATI restricted driver with Synaptic

2. Edit xorg.conf by
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Find the line with
Driver "ati"
or
Driver "radeon"
or
Driver "vesa"
Change the line to
Driver "fglrx"

3. Disable Composite ( the default desktop effect coming along with Ubuntu 7) by
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add the following lines to anywhere out of other sections
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection

4. Reboot and test with fglrxinfo in terminal, the output should be something like:
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON X300
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6334 (8.34.8)

5. Add beryl repos
In System\Administration, select Software sources\Third-Party Software, click Add and type:
deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/ feisty main
Then download this repo key file: http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg
In Authentication, click Import key file and select the file you just downloaded.

6. Install Xgl and Beryl
In Synaptic, search for xserver-xgl, beryl-ubuntu, beryl-manager, emerald-themes and do installation.

7. Let system prefer beryl-project packages
Alt+F2, type gksudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences and add the following content

Package: *
Pin: release o=lupine
Pin-Priority: 1000

8. Downgrade beryl-core file
	In Synaptic, reload, search for beryl-core, click "package" in menu and choose "force version"
	Choose 0.2.0-0beryl1 and install

9. Add a Xgl login session
	Run the following in terminal to create the file:
		sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/startxgl.sh
	Paste in the following content
#!/bin/sh
Xgl :1 -fullscreen -ac -accel xv:pbuffer -accel glx:pbuffer &
DISPLAY=:1
cookie="$(xauth -i nextract - :0 | cut -d ' ' -f 9)"
xauth -i add :1 . "$cookie"
exec dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session

10. Create xgl login session entry
	Create a new directory using: 
		sudo mkdir -p /etc/X11/sessions
	Create the file with 
		sudo gedit /etc/X11/sessions/xgl.desktop
	Paste in the following content

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Xgl
Exec=/usr/local/bin/startxgl.sh
Icon=
Type=Application

11. Reboot
	On login window, remember to change session to Xgl. After login, run beryl-manager. If
everything is ok you may add beryl-manager to startup session and make xgl your default login
session. 


* This guide is basically based on the following 2 guides since neither worked but when combined ok
http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Ubuntu_Feisty_with_XGL#Adding_the_Beryl_Project_repositories
http://lhansen.blogspot.com/2006/10/3d-desktop-beryl-and-xgl-on-ubuntu-edgy.html

Been playing with the newly released Ubuntu 7.04, Feisty Fawn for the past 2 days
Extremely impressed by its user friendly interface and ease of software management system
Also the wide availability of customization.
Now I have changed the whole interface just like Mac OSX in the following aspects:
-Boot and shut down Screen
-Login interface
-Window Border (The close/minimize/restore buttons are finally on the LHS !!)
-Icons and wall paper
-Visual effect
-Mouse Cursor
-Dock
-Font
-Menu buttons
-Firefox Theme

And I have to admit that the imitation effect is even better than FlyakiteOSX in Windows!
Maybe next I will work on system sound and menu bar and most important...Chinese input

In the customization process I've read many tutorials and tried many approaches and some of them didn't work... Anyway, special thanks to these websites:
http://ubuntuforums.org/
http://www.gnome-look.org/
http://www.taimila.com/
http://www.osxcn.com/
http://linuxdesktop.cn/

Well actually I haven't tried many other linux distros
Only 3 by now, Fedora, Opensuse, Ubuntu
And Ubuntu is the best among these 3 in user accessibility and community support
Also I assert that it provide a far better user experience than Windows Vista in appearance and performance and many more aspects

Those who feel tired about your every-day-the-same Windows interface should really have a try of the elegant Ubuntu
For it provide you with a Desktop CD with which you can boot your machine and try out all the headlight features of the OS without the trouble of installation
I mean
What you need to do is to download the iso and burn it into a CD (only 698 MB) and use it to boot
After trying it out I am sure you can't deny installing it and making your machine a dual boot one

Attached is the screenshot of my current desktop

学妹一路走好

也请生者
为了她
多加保重

1. Launchy

FB推荐的一个小巧的程序运行工具

直接导致我抛弃开始菜单的同时把桌面上的Objectdock也给去掉了

Recommended by FB, this lite program launcher

have pushed me abandon my start menu as well as the cute ObjectDock on my desktop

http://www.launchy.net/ 

 

2. Google谷歌拼音输入法

传说中的谷歌拼音输入法今天终于亮相

初初试用感觉很不错

词库强大识别率很高 还可以通过网络同步词库

The legendary Google Pinyin IME has finally come into light today

i have been trying it and it turns out very good

having a strong dictionary and high recognition accuracy

it can even synchronize your custom dictionary through the Internet

http://tools.google.com/pinyin/

 

3. Tab Effect

华丽的Firefox插件而且不占内存

The fabulous mem-friendly addon for firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4258

 

4. GX Transcoder

全能视频音频转换器

a strong video and audio format converter

http://www.germanixsoft.de