Yes. Compiz Fusion allows for 3D window management.
If you're referring to the Compiz window manager which provides OpenGL 'window dressing" enhancements to the Linux GUI desktop, you should be able to just uninstall it and use some other window manager such as Metacity or Sawfish, etc.
A package manager is a utility to install remove, upgrade, and track the dependencies of software in Linux.
A lot! At the time of this writing, there are at least 76 window managers made for X11, which is the video display server used in Linux today. In case you did not know, a "window manager" controls the placement, sizing and interaction of application windows. Typically, a window manager is what we see as the close, maximize and minimize buttons above each program. There's the typical window managers that "stack" the windows on top of each other, including the window manager in Gnome, KDE, MeeGo, etc., as well as the independent (not part of a desktop) Fluxbox, Blackbox, IceWM, Openbox, FVWM, etc... Then there are "tiling" window managers such as Ion, awesome, Ratpoison, etc. KDE's window manager supports tiling. Some window managers are minimal, some purely experimental, some robust, some pretty.
There is no set file manager in linux. Examples of Linux file managers include but: Nautilus (GNOME) Thunar (XFCE) Dolphin (KDE)
The device manager UDEV manages device nodes in /dev in Linux. It is a generic kernal device manager originally was introduced in Linux 2.5, and is still in the current version of Linux.
Package Manager is The Biggest Achievement of Linux
You can type in smb//192.168.1.1/ into a file manager window (put the windows computers IP address in there though)
i assume by gui, i assume you mean the window manager. gnome and kde are popular. i personally like to use xfce, the "cholesterol free desktop environment".
yes there is mac and there is Linux
Ultrix Window Manager was created in 1985.
LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel; it manages disk drives and similar mass-storage devices.
Mint 9 OC could refer to Linux Mint 9 operating system with Openbox Compositing (OC) desktop environment. Linux Mint is a popular Linux distribution known for its user-friendly interface, while Openbox Compositing is a lightweight window manager providing graphical effects.