DIY for Compiz
You know, I've been able to make/keep Compiz 0.8.4, and Emerald, running on just about any distro with just a few minor changes (case changes to external Glib references, for example). Compiz 0.8.6 comes std with Magia-1, which forked off of Mandriva, after the Mandriva folks lost their minds.
The way I see it, if you want to vote for keeping a piece of software alive, then use it. Don't whine because some pompous, swaggering, two-bit, tin-plated, dictator with delusions of godhood attempts to reshape the look of the Linux desktop into their personal, twisted, LSD-inspired vision of perfection.
I mean, really. If you're running some flavour of Linux already, you've won half the battle.
