Ubuntu – Is there a way to DISABLE Compiz’ Expo plugin’s EXPO Animations (ZOOM, etc)

12.04ccsmcompizworkspaces

Perhaps gconf-editor or dconf-editor could help do the trick? However, rumors about CCSM's wanton stability would prevent me from becoming too experimental about this…

Who's Expo's maintainer? Who could just "add that line of code" ?

Thanks.

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Just install compizconfig-settings-manager and run ccsm.

On the Expo panel, open the Behavior tab, and lower the Zoom time to its lowest value. It won't completely remove the animation, but will make it almost unnoticeable.

Yes, you can break things by using ccsm, but you can always reset all the compiz options back to their default values if you mess something up.

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As mentioned before, unity is stuck with compiz.

But if you are willing to experiment, I suggest the Gala WM of elementary

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
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