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A fork of GNOME 2 that offers a more traditional desktop environment.

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Stuck in tty1, unable to log in (18.04 MATE)

I'm stuck in the black tty1 login screen. I think I know why. I use MATE but wanted to try cinnamon, installed it, wasn't satisfied so I removed it again via sudo apt remove cinnamon-desktop-...
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BlackMATE theme - alt-tab window switcher selection color

In the BlackMATE theme the alt-tab window switcher selection frame is a black rectangle against a dark brown background. How can I change this to a brighter color? I don't see an option in any of the ...
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Mate - change background of login page after suspend

I have ubuntu Mate 16.04 on my laptop. I am trying to change the background page of the screen that appears after the laptop has been closed. I changed the bg of the login page (when I power) by: /...
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Does Ubuntu Mate 18.04 Have an option for "scroll inactive windows when i hover over them"?

i'm totally new to linux and this will be my first ever linux distro, i'm wondering if ubuntu mate has this option because it's a deal breaker for me.. i apologize if the question is dumb i'm just ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Mate. Problem with switching keyboard layout

I use Ubuntu 18.04 Mate Edition with installed Unity. I've got several keyboard layouts and they're switching nice in Mate, but when I try to do it in Unity (upd: by shortcut) nothing happens. I've ...
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MATE Dock Applet shows wrong application icons

I am using MATE Dock Applet v.80 (GTK2) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with the Mate desktop. It works fine, but for some programs the wrong application icons appear, which is quite confusing. For example, the ...
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Cannot permanently turn off my screen via command in Mate without locking my desktop

Sadly, I have some very annoying issue with my display. I have looked for and tested various solutions but none of them worked properly. When I run the command sh -c "sleep 1.0; xset dpms force off" ...
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open .sb2 file in ubuntu 16.04 MATE

I am using ubuntu MATE 16.04. I have installed adobe air and scratch2. When I double click an sb2 file, scratch2 starts but it is blank and the scratch project is not loaded. What can I do to open ...
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Ubuntu MATE: window list on each monitor

How can I display window list (open applications) on each monitor? How can it be set up? I do not want to mirror displays.
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LG G4 USB PTP connection failure

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu MATE 18.04, and now my LG G4 (H815) won't upload photos to Shotwell over a USB connection. Up to and including Ubuntu MATE 17.10, I was able to upload using PTP mode, but ...
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How do I merge two toolbars into one in Caja?

In Caja file manager, there are two toolbars, one for navigation and the other for entering the path. I would like to merge them into one, just like other file managers. Is there some configuration ...
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Ubuntu18.04 and Mate1.20 desktop environment in container

I installed mate desktop environment on Ubuntu18.04 within a Singularity container by using apt install -y ubuntu-mate-core I copied my customized background image to /usr/share/backgrounds and ...
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Ubuntu MATE 16 on Raspberry Pi 3, /boot partition too small

I just installed Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2 on my Raspberry Pi 3, which is the offered version on the official site. I'm testing it out to see if I can rely on it as a primary home computer. After ...
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18.04 Mate switch language with "Alt+Shift" error

Following the solution provided in post Keyboard shortcut for switching between different keyboard layouts in Ubuntu Mate I get the "Error activating XKB configuration", see screenshot. Screenshot ...
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How to use extra monitors as workspaces in Ubuntu mate 17.10

I just purchased a second monitor, and I want to be able to use it. The only issue is that the current system I have treats the new monitor as an extension of my laptop monitor. What I want is a way ...
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Use different keys for changing layouts

How to change keyboard layouts using different keys/combinations? Default is Alt + Shift L. It cycles between 2 layouts. How can I add Shift R key to switch to my first EN layout?
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Power LED flashing orange from time to time (Asus ROG GL752vw)

For those who have Asus ROG/non ROG laptops running dual boot (Windows 10 or lower), was there any fix for the randomly blinking power LED light (flashing orange)? Shutting down the system works as a ...
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Random idle time out Ubuntu Mate 16.04

Would like to seek some inputs with regards to Mate's (Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS) behavior of having random idle time outs. Problem: Observing idle timeout intervals of 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s randomly. "Dim ...
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Automatic mouse pointer color change

I have two Ubuntu MATE 16.04 PC in which the mouse pointer automatically contrast with the background, it means the mouse cursor appears white (DMZ White or MATE theme) against a dark background but ...
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What is ubuntu-mate-vg and how to remove the traces of the Ubuntu Mate desktop?

I am currently using Kubuntu 17.10 but previously I was running the Ubuntu Mate Desktop. After installing the Kubuntu Desktop, I deleted all the traces of Ubuntu Mate using the following commands: ...
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why is there a different login-greeter when using ubuntu mate OEM-setup?

When installing ubuntu mate 17.10 using oem-option I end up with a different login-greeter than when using the standard installation procedure. The "oem-greeter" is more like (or the very same) as in ...
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Ubuntu Mate on RPi 3 to display webapp

I have installed Ubuntu Mate on a RPi 3, which is attached to a full hd touchscreen. The setup is solely dedicated to displaying (and interacting with) a HTML/JS webapp. Except, this is painfully slow....
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Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS: No language bar available

For a while now, I have been struggling and googling as to a simple problem. I need to use three layouts on this computer (nothing special, just a box I built using an old Intel board and a Pentium ...
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No icons, no graphics ubuntu mate

I installed ubuntu mate 16.04 on virtual box. All has worked until last software update. virtual box machine shutdown unexpectedly and after a restart I get this graphic: I also get ubuntu-mate-...
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Remove mate-gdm from ubuntu 17.10

I have installed ubuntu 17.10 and installed complete mate-desktop-environment. Now I want to completely remove mate. I tried this but mate-gdm still there. So, how to remove it?
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How to programmatically tweak the MATE desktop?

I am experimenting with Vagrant and Ansible to set up a standard development environment in a VM, based on Ubuntu MATE 16.04. I am trying to reproduce some UI tweaks in my cookbook, for example : ...
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Menu of some applications broken

Some of my apps have this "theme" problem, I think. It seems that some lines are missing. I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and I only switched to Mate desktop and got this: Did anyone get this ?
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How can I prevent VLC to open file locations when file manager should do it?

When I click on any location under the "Places" menu they are opened by VLC, and it looks for media into them and reproduces files inside them. Obviously, this is not how "Places" should work. Since ...
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Annoying hang at boot

Hello! I have the following problem: Whenever I boot my system there is an annoying ~10 sec delay when I log in and the desktop environment is loading. The screen just kind of freezes with half loaded ...
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What are those weird circle red icons at the top right in Ubuntu Mate Desktop?

I recently managed to get VNC working on a Ubuntu Server on which I installed the Mate desktop. For some reason, those icons recently started showing up. They weren't there previously and right ...
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System Sounds not working as expected. Gnome 3.18.5. Ubuntu Mate

I am using Ubuntu Mate 16.10 with gnome 3.18.5. Recently I had installed the arc theme for gnome. I had also installed some extensions. All was fine, until I noticed that the desktop login sound wasn'...
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Cannot install Mate Desktop

After installing Mate Desktop sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop I got some errors so I run sudo apt-get -f install but I got these errors: tomsk@tomsk-VirtualBox:~$ sudo apt-...
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Problem with alert sound

I have got a weird behavior of the alert sound in ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS + Mate Desktop. If I have multiple terminal windows open, the sound is very weak in most windows, zero in some, and sometimes quite ...
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Change file associations (not default applications) in Ubuntu Mate 16.04

I have a shell script that for some reason Ubuntu Mate decided is an audio file. I know how to set the default application to open files of that type, and I have it set to my editor. However, I would ...
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Installing Ubuntu mate via XFCE on a chromebook

I'm following this guide: https://medium.com/power-user/ubuntu-mate-on-a-chromebook-with-crouton-2cebd167382#.bjbns1p7v I've gotten to the part where I'm trying to retrieve and install ubuntu mate. ...
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Lock screen, but show contents

Is there a way in MATE Desktop to lock the screen while showing contents? For example we have a TV in our office which shows Icinga alerts, some Grafana Dashboards, etc. (rotating tabs in Firefox). ...
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How do I make my icons stay where I put them?

I'm on Ubuntu Mate 16.04, and lately, my icons have been aligning alphabetically, and not staying where I put them. How do I disable that?
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Downgrade Firefox on Ubuntu Mate

Firefox 50 on Ubuntu Mate via xrdp renders wrong colors due to this bug. When I try to uninstall Firefox 50 and install 49 as described in this answer usin sudo apt-get purge firefox, I get this ...
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compose key not working after upgrade to Ubuntu MATE 17.04

EDIT 17apr2017: SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AFTER UPGRADING TO 17.04 EDIT 2 17apr2017: Fixed after installing ibus and anthy (for Japanese input), BUT: Shouldn't the compose key be able to work even without ...
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How to get rounded corners, borders in MATE menu?

I'm running Ubuntu MATE, I removed the default menu and added the "MATE Menu" to my panel. I'm using all default themes/settings. The menu is very boxy and doesn't seem to really have a noticeable ...
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Mate 16.04.1 and western digital mybookworld NAS not talking

I'm upgrading my main machine from 12.04 LTS to Mate 16.04.1. I use a Western Digital (white light) NAS on my network. It works fine on 12.04 but it won't mount to 16.04. Here's what I know so far. ...
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Automatically open iPod with GTKpod instead of Caja in MATE

I have an iPod 2g. It automatically opens Caja. But I want to open it with GTKpod. GTKpod also doesn't open my iPod however I don't know if that is related to the problem. And yes I know that alot of ...
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The brightness 'function' buttons do not work on Asus X200LA (Core i3 - 4010U) running Ubuntu MATE 16.04

Looked for the answers here, one pointed to a software which shifts colour of the display but doesn't change the brightness. Help, please?
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I have a problem with pulse audio on Ubuntu mate 16.04

When I fire up my machine (Dell insprion n5110) most of the times the audio does not work ! I keep restarting my machine until it works. I can't access the sound preferences as I get "Waiting for ...
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LibreOffice Screen Tearing of Buttons

I recently installed LibreOffice and am having screen tearing issues (I think that's the correct term). I posed a screen grab below of what it looks like. I occasionally experience it outside the ...
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when I try to copy text from the command line strange characters appear

when I try to copy text from the command line strange characters appear. I have never not been able to copy and paste in the virtual terminals. I tried installing GPM just in-case, but it did not ...
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Ubuntu Mate 16.04 Black Screen after wake and login

Dual Boot Windows 10 / Ubuntu 16.04 Mate Desktop Enviroment i7 6700k EVO GFX 960 32GB RAM I having problems with my system waking from sleep/screen saver/ monitors turn off. The problem is: if I ...
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ubuntu mate 16.04 & workspace switcher

I have some problems on ubuntu mate 16.04 with the workspace switcher. It's a very useful thing to have, and I have set workspace switcher currently to have 6 workspaces, but whenever one of the ...
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Boot Problems - Ubuntu Mate 16.04

I have some serious boot problems. When I boot my ThinkPad T450s I can unlock my drive using normal Ubuntu password encryption. Then I get a kind of terminal (or shell, I guess its the same) and I can ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 update wants to remove ubuntu-mate-desktop?

I've seen Apt wants to remove ubuntu-mate-desktop, but this is different. I use MATE desktop, and my Ubuntu is: $ uname -a Linux MYPC 4.2.0-36-generic #42~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 13 17:27:22 UTC ...
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