Enable Compiz on Linux Mint Mate

 Click the Menu button

Search for Desktop Settings and open it

Click Windows

Click Window Manager

Select Compiz from the list

Click Configure Compiz to adjust its settings

Enable Compiz on Linux Mint Xfce

 Click the Menu button

Search for Desktop Settings and open it

Click Window Manager

Select Compiz from the list

Click Configure Compiz to adjust its settings

Get X,Y coordinates of mouse cursor in Linux

Install package xdotool

sudo apt-get install xdotool

Now run following command to get X,Y coordinates of mouse cursor

xdotool getmouselocation

Output will be like this

x:1285 y:10 screen:0

Check if computer is BIOS or UEFI in Linux

Look for  folder /sys/firmware/efi

ls /sys/firmware/efi

If folder is there then its UEFI otherwise its BIOS