Enable/Disable Unity/Compiz Window Animations and Visual Effects in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) and Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)

For Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

To turn on/off Unity/Compiz window animations and visual effects in Ubuntu -

• Go to System Settings from the Ubuntu dash
• Under 'Personal', click on the 'MyUnity' icon
• In the 'MyUnity' window, go to 'desktop' tab and set the 'Windows animations' property accordingly.

 

 

 For Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)

• Install the CompizConfig Settings Manager application
• This is available via Ubuntu Software Centre
• For installing via apt - sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
• Start the application and go to Category > Effects from the left panel
• Enable or disable effects as desired.

Note: MyUnity does not work with Ubuntu 12.10. This is a known bug. Also, the MyUnity package was removed from the Ubuntu 12.10 repository.

Reference: 11 Tips To Speed Up Computers Running Ubuntu 12.04/Linux Mint 13 (Maya)