UPDATE: Check bottom of page. If you find them as annoying as me, follow the steps: ALT + F2 mateconf-editor Go to desktop - mate - interface Look for enable_animations and uncheck. Done. Update Jan 2014 Mateconf-editor has been replaced. sudo apt-get install dconf-tools dconf-tools Update July 2015 Open terminal sudo dconf-editor Org/mate/desktop/interface and uncheck enable_animations . and org/mate/marco/general and check reduced_resources.
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