Compiz Fusion Community News for Nov 4, 2008: Tons of new developments!

Yay! I actually got around to writing this! I’m resenting how long this is going to be though
Introduction:
So, a few major things that this post will cover today:

Improved startup time for compiz
Revived Input Redirection patches and MPX patches
Compiz 0.7.8 released
Three new plugins, new-maximumize, minimumize, new-put
Simple CCSM for KDE

News in Bugs:

In core:

GWD Fixes for [...]