LXDE Visual Artifacts when Switching from Desktops with Chrome LXDE Visual Artifacts when Switching Desktops. Install a composite manager will remove the artifacts, below is a list of composite managers: xcompmgr - a minimal alternative to Compiz Compton - A bug-fixed fork of dcompmgr, which is a fork of xcompmgr Cairo Compmgr (Cairo Composite Manager) - a compositing add-on for existing window managers. It uses Cairo), a vector graphics library also used in GTK+. Unagi Compositing Manager - a compositing manager which can be used along with an existing window manager. It uses the XCB library. I used Compton for my composite manager: Install compton package Add @compton -b to the end of /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart References: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton