Ok, so I have a problem. I'd consider myself an intermediate Linux user by now, as I have installed Arch singlehandedly from ground up multiple times, and now have a functional platform with a GUI environment. However, I'm slightly stuck. I'm using Compiz as my WM, but two problems: first off, when I try to use emerald as my window decorator, there are no navigation buttons or anything; it's just a blank border. Is there anyway to fix this, without using a different decorator?
Second problem is: I can drag, drop, or add files to my desktop (still using Compiz). Is there a fix here as well? I can post my ~./xinitrc file later, if if would help. I'm trying to avoid switching to Openbox or, even worse, a heavy desktop environment (cause I wanna keep my pretty Compiz effects, but my comp can't handle a heavy environment). With that being said, is there any other lightweight environment out there that works well with Compiz? Does Openbox? If it does, I could just use that...