[Bugs] #602 URGE: Switch to metacity as the window manager

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#602: Switch to metacity as the window manager
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    Reporter:  sayamindu         |          Owner:  tomeu            
        Type:  task              |         Status:  new              
    Priority:  Urgent            |      Milestone:  0.86             
   Component:  sugar             |        Version:  Git as of bugdate
    Severity:  Major             |     Resolution:                   
    Keywords:  windowmanagement  |   Distribution:  Unspecified      
Status_field:  New               |  
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Comment(by garycmartin):

 Activity testing results (from list email).

 Correctly positioned:

         Memorize
         IRC
         InfoSlicer
         Write
         Chat
         Terminal
         Browse
         Joke Machine
         Poll Builder
         Paint
         Labyrinth
         View Slides
         Image Viewer
         Jukebox
         Read

 Offset, incorrectly sized and/or other related issue:

         Jigsaw Puzzle
         Moon
         Calculate
         Pippy
         TurtleArt (locked up, very slow, unusable)
         Record (main window OK but preview window ends up obscuring much
 of the UI)
         Etoys (mainly black screen, very slow, unusable, would not fully
 stop)
         FreeCell (mainly black screen, very slow, unusable, would not
 fully stop)
         Story Builder
         TamTamSynthLab
         TamTamMini
         TamTamEdit
         Slider Puzzle
         Cartoon Builder
         Flipsticks
         Develop
         Log

 Watching the re-draw as things (messily) start-up, it kind'a looks like
 windows are initially opened at a mix of different sizes (some too small,
 some too large). The activity then sets-up its UI, and only then receive
 some late window manager event to go fullscreen. Activities that don't
 expect their window to be dynamically resized stay offset and/or
 incorrectly sized.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/602#comment:3>
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