mate-desktop is an alternative desktop environment to traditional GNOME . It uses gtk+ components and has less memory power usage than GNOME uses. Most of the tools are named in spanish for e.g. caja which is supposed to be mean 'box' in Spanish and so on and so forth.
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How do I get Ctrl + Alt + t to launch ther terminal in Linux Mint 13 MATE?
Pressing Ctrl + Alt + t seems to do nothing on my Linux Mint 13 MATE.
How can I set this shortcut to launch a terminal window?
As a detail, it seems the terminal is mate-terminal rather than gnome-terminal.
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Is there any way to let it snow on my linux mint destkop?
I want snow fall on my desktop really badly.
Tried Xsnow (with Mate/Marco, Mate/Compiz and KDE/Kwin) but doesn't work.
Snow plugin for Compiz doesn't work anymore either.
Snow feature of KDE was removed.
Is there any other way to get the snow?
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Screen turns off after 10 minutes and I can't find out why
I'm running Arch Linux with Mate Desktop version 1.16.0 on Linux kernel 4.8.13. I have a weird problem. My screen turns black after around 5 or 10 minutes and I can not find out why. Here is my mate configuration:
As you can see, the…
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How to avoid system timeout to login screen when I make a cup of tea?
Linux Mint 17.1 (MATE) running on HP G250 Laptop and older HP desktops. It's just me and the dog at home and I like to run the computer all day, but it keeps returning to the login screen after a few minutes of inactivity. Typing the long "secure…
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How Can I Disable the Global Shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + U in Linux Mint?
Backstory: some Linux distributions setup a keyboard shortcut to let you enter Unicode characters, and they use CTRL + SHIFT + U as that shortcut. As a programmer, I want to instead use that shortcut in my code editor, so I'd like to disable the…
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What happened to the emoji picker from Linux Mint 19?
In Linux Mint 19 x64 MATE, I noticed one day that Ctrl+Shift+E brought up some built-in/default emoji picker. I started using it after that, because of its instantaneous startup time.
After a fresh install of Linux Mint 19.3 x64 MATE, this shortcut…
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What is a compositor (in general), and which gives the best performance (Ubuntu Mate 16.04)?
Specs:
i5-6200u
8GB RAM
1600x1200 external display
also tested on 1920x1080 eDP display.
MATE Tweak shows the following list of compositors:
Marco, No compositor
Marco, Software Compositor
Marco, Compton GPU Compositor
Compiz
Which of these…
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how to distinguish between user services and system service in systemd?
I asked a question yesterday and one of the comments answered was that it was shared that it is a 'user service' . Now how to distinguish between a 'user service' and a system service ?
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Geany: Open a new instance per workspace when opening a file in that workspace
I'm using Mate 1.2.0 in Linux Mint 13. The two text editors i use are Gedit and Geany (v0.25): i use Geany for all my coding as i prefer the syntax highlighting and some other interface features.
One thing that bugs me though is this…
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user exists when trying to add user to systemd-journal group
I have been wanting to read systemd-journal by running/using journalctl -b . Now if I run it as a user I get the following :-
$ journalctl -b
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system
Users in the…
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Changing the mouse pointer in Mate
I am using Fedora 20 with the Mate desktop. I sometimes give talks, using LibreOffice Impress for a slide show, with a laser to point out details on the screen. I will be giving a talk where the slides are displayed on a TV screen, which is…
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Unable to change background in mate desktop
I'm running Debian Stretch with MATE desktop 1.16.1. Since I have update the package mate-settings-daemon I can't change my background, it shows the wallpaper used for the login screen. I've tried to change it in the usual way through Control Center…
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Mate custom shortcut for keyboard layout in Linux Mint 18 (Sarah)
Coming from OSX and Windows 7, I want to try to keep the same keyboard shortcuts so that I do not get confused when I switch between them. I have mapped the CTRL key in Windows 7 and Linux Mint to be next to the space-bar.
Next, I need to configure…
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How to set Sublime Text as default text editor?
How to set Sublime Text as default text editor? The only option I see is Pluma.
I'm using Mate Desktop on Fedora 19.
Edit: The Sublime Text executable (installed by hand, not a package) is at /home/matt/sublime_text_3/sublime_text.
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Add custom menu action to Caja file manager
There should be a tool to create such actions in Caja (default file manager in Mate desktop environment), installed with
sudo apt install caja-actions
But it doesn't seem to work, as indicated here.
In my case, this tool is in the start menu, but…
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