Fix slow Libreoffice

Original forum link
https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/38035
Original poster
rabla
Created at
2025-12-22 13:40:44
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Since the corresponding information is buried in a couple of long threads, here's a quick summary of how to make LibreOffice reasonably fast in Qubes. Use it, if you experience high CPU usage when using LibreOffice and/or LibreOffice to be extremely slow, lag when scrolling, etc.

launch LibreOffice like that: SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gen libreoffice

Furthermore, in LibreOffice, Tools -> Options -> View * Disable hardware acceleration * Disable anti-aliasing * Enable “Use Skia for all rendering” * Enable "Force Skia software rendering”