Unity performance tweaks

Prerequisites: You want to use unity, we let the unity flame wars aside, and you don’t want to use LLVMpipe.

1. Remove useless lens

sudo apt-get autoremove unity-lens-videos unity-lens-photos \
  unity-lens-gwibber unity-lens-shopping unity-lens-music

1. Install compiz config

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

1. Open compizconfig-settings-manager
2. Uncheck “Animations” and “Fade windows”
3. Open “OpenGL”, and set the texture filter to “Fast”
4. Enjoy

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