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by feelamee 448 days ago
> I really loved Windows (and AutoHotKey and many other things)

oh, do you know - how can I configure e.g. Win+1, Win+2, etc to switch to related virtual desktops? And - how to disable this slow animation.. just switch instantly?

May be you have several ideas where I should search. I'm use Linux as my OS for a long time, but now I need to use Windows at my job. So, I'm trying to bring my Windows usage experience as close as possible to so familiar and common on Linux.
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csdvrx 448 days ago
> So, I'm trying to bring my Windows usage experience as close as possible to so familiar and common on Linux.

I see you were given an answer for the slow animation. For most UI tweaks, regedit is a good starting point.

You may also like the powertoys, but I suggest you take the time to create AHK scripts, for example if you want to make your workflow keyboard centric

> So, I'm trying to bring my Windows usage experience as close as possible to so familiar and common on Linux.

I did the opposite with the help of hyprland on arch, but it took me years to get close to how efficient I was on Windows, where there are many very polished tools to do absolutely anything you can think of.

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pitaj 448 days ago
You can disable all system animations at

Settings > Accessibility > Visual effects > Animation effects

There's no built-in way to set hotkeys to switch to a specific desktop. And my primary annoyance is that there's no way to set hotkeys to move a given window to a different desktop.

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