Ubuntu-13.04 -- disabling ALL compiz desktop effects?

[Bob Jonkman]

In the past I've run Ubuntu-Tweak, which has just been updated for
Ubuntu 13.04:
http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2013/04/25/ubuntu-tweak-0-8-4-released.html
Looks like it's been improved a lot since I last used it, since Ubuntu 11.04

It had tweaks to add/remove the title bar buttons (Minimize, Maximize,
Close) and move them to the left or right side of the window.  I thought
there might have been settings to remove desktop animation effects, but
I don't see them there now.  This might be because I'm actually running
the Mate desktop environment (which is not without its own problems, but
better than Unity).

I installed from the .deb file, which had some unsatisfied dependencies.
 I ran 'sudo apt-get -f install' to fix them, but the first time I ran
Ubuntu-Tweak it just hung on the splash screen, so I killed the tasks.
It's been running fine since then, tho.

Ubuntu-Tweak has a fairly thorough "Janitor" function to remove cache
files and unused Apt and kernel files.  This might speed up a slow
system. But Ubuntu-Tweak seems to detect far more than 'apt-get
autoremove' and 'apt-get autoclean' do, so I'm a little leery of
damaging my system...

--Bob.

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On 13-04-28 06:07 PM, Tim Tisdall wrote:
> okay.. so I guess I'm going to wait a good while before upgrading.  :)
> 
> I'm afraid to make any changes to compiz because there's a bunch of
> incompatibilities between Unity and compiz (or at least, the compiz
> configuration tool).  Any time I've made changes I end up losing most of
> the functionality of the window manager and have a terrible time getting
> it back.  Last time I tried it wasn't too long after a fresh install so
> I just re-installed Ubuntu and didn't touch it again.  So, I'd be very
> careful before fiddling  with settings outside of the "settings" page.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 9:18 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
> <mailto:opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
> 
>     To Ubuntu experts,
> 
>     It seems that Ubuntu-13.04 is slower than previous releases.  How do I
>     turn off all compiz desktop effects?  I tried ccsm (CompizConfig
>     Settings Manager), but desktop effects are still in effect.
>     --
>     William
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