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Is there a way to turn off animations system-wide? (debian+swaywm) (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Toralv to c/[email protected]

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On Ubuntu (and probably other distros as well) it's as easy as going to Settings>Accessibility>Reduce animations and then turning it ON. This seems to apply to most applications, like firefox, ~~discord and spotify~~.

Is there any way to do this on swaywm? I thought maybe it could be set with an environment variable, but couldn't find any. My linux knowledge ain't the best.

This is my system: https://imgur.com/MhJe9qg

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know the answer, but why disable animations? Does it feel better?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

animation hog ressources on low end hardware, and, by their nature, make your system less snappy since you have to wait for the animation to end before interacting with your program

[–] Toralv 2 points 1 year ago

Yes?