Questions tagged [mate]
A fork of GNOME 2 that offers a more traditional desktop environment.
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Ubuntu 16.04 slow boot (apt-daily.service)
My boot is horribly slow, and I don't know why.
$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 10.975s (kernel) + 49.732s (userspace) = 1min 708ms
$ systemd-analyze blame
34.971s apt-daily.service
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How do I disable emoji input in Ubuntu Mate 18.04?
Just noticed this annoying emoji input ("Emoji Choice") popping up every time I press Ctrl+Shift+E in 18.04. I really need this shortcut to switch to the file explorer in Visual Studio Code but ...
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Free software to share mouse and keyboard between linux and windows?
I have a doubt, there is a free program to share mouse between linux and windows, I have a PC and a laptop, on the laptop I have w10 and ubuntu mate 18.04, and the pc w10, when I use the PC and laptop ...
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How do I install MATE (the desktop environment)?
I have seen several youtube videos that are showing MATE (The Gnome 2.x fork) installed in 11.10. How can I install it to test it out in 11.10 and above.
If it helps the only sources I know of are:
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How do I remove XFCE from my computer?
My computer is overheating because I got too many desktop environments installed like: MATE, Cinnamon and XFCE. I uninstalled them, but XFCE failed to uninstall. I get this error.
sudo apt-get ...
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Not authorized to control networking
I have Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome with Mate.
If I click on the networking icon on the top tool bar and try to do something like add a never before used Wifi or simply click Hardwire Connection 1 when I have ...
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What's the difference between ubuntu-mate and ubuntu? [duplicate]
I understand MATE is a desktop environment, but what is the difference between ubuntu with a MATE desktop environment and ubuntu-mate ?
EDIT:
Difference Between Ubuntu and Ubuntu-Gnome
is not a ...
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High resolution screen creates tiny icons and text with Mate desktop
I find it odd that in the year 2015, there is still a problem with operating systems not dealing correctly with higher DPI values. So if the resolution is high for the same screen size, all fonts, ...
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Cannot move VirtualBox window
I have a weired sympton with a fresh Windos 10 guest OS under VirtualBox 5.1.28 under Ubutunu-MATE 16.04:
I can't move the window at all, when [x] Auto Capture Keyboard is on.
Neither dragging the ...
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How to reset default window positions and sizes?
Short Version
How do you reset the default window positioning and sizing rules? As in, when an application starts, it remembers its last position and size. I want it to not do that, and start in ...
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Window snapping in Ubuntu MATE
I know how to enable window snapping in MATE Desktop, and it works. My problem is this. By default, Window A fills half the screen, and Window B fills half the screen, and you can't click and drag the ...
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Remote Desktop -- blue screen after login
I've installed mate and xrdp on Ubuntu 18.04. Now I try to connect to this PC from another Ubuntu with Remmina:
I press OK, login window disappears background is same,nothing happens. My ~/.xsession ...
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How do I restore MATE panel settings from old backup
I was playing around with the MATE Tweak tool and suddenly a stupid option removed all my panel applets and replaced with a default layout - that thing doesn't even confirm the destructive action ...
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Keyboard shortcut for switching between different keyboard layouts in Ubuntu Mate
Is there a pre-assigned keyboard shortcut for switching between different keyboard layouts in Ubuntu Mate?
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Why can't I install Tomboy in Ubuntu Mate 19.04?
In a fresh install of Ubuntu Mate 19.04 (64 bit) when I try to install Tomboy this is what I get:
$ sudo apt install tomboy
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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Lock keys panel indicator for MATE Desktop
I have no indicator LEDs on my keyboard to show whether Caps-Lock is on (I don't have Num-Lock and Scroll-Lock keys so the best option would be to have an indicator only for Caps Lock, but three ...
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How can I write a dynamically updated panel app / indicator?
I am trying to write some panel apps for ubuntu Mate.
I know C/C++, and SDL reasonably well.
I have seen the Mate-University panel apps github page, but i cannot get it to work properly / Im having ...
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Remote Desktop - RDP blank screen and aborts after disconnect
Attention: I scrolled through a lot of questions and didn't find an answer, please don't mark this as duplicate! A similar question is already here, but sadly it didn't receive any answers.
I'm ...
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Can't change desktop environment
After an automatic update of the kernel on my Ubuntu 16.04 x64 I've lost any possibility to login (login loop problem).
So, with Mate env I've solved a nvidia problem and installed Gnome desktop.
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Completely remove MATE desktop from Ubuntu MATE 16.04
I have Ubuntu MATE 16.04 on my laptop. I have installed Cinnamon 3.0 using embrosyn's PPA
However, now when I try to login to my laptop, every time I have to select the Cinnamon desktop manually, ...
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How to change lock screen background Ubuntu Mate
I would like to change the lock screen background in Ubuntu Mate 16.04. I have found out how to change the background for unity by changing the com.canonical.unity-greeter setting but I can not find ...
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Mate, use gnome-screenshot instead of mate-screenshot
I am a big fan of Mate desktop. Simple and very functional.
But there one thing I'd address to the mate desktop: its screenshot utility is too poor.
The very single feature I miss there is being ...
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Shortcut to "mate-screenshot -a" not working in Ubuntu MATE 16.04
Just installed MATE on my laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 and I tried to get to mate-screenshot the same behaviour as gnome-screenshot does in Unity: just press Shift+Print to choose the portion of the ...
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How can I have less "flickering" when booting?
What I expected
Bios booting
Loading screen
Login window, similar theme as loading screen
Personalized theme after login - by default similar themed like the login screen
What I observed
See https:/...
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What does KP mean in keyboard shortcuts?
In Ubuntu MATE, I'm looking at the tiling shortcuts but I'm not sure what KP means. For example Ctrl+Alt+KP Right for Tile window right.
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how can I close this dropdown terminal?
I must have hit something, I have a huge terminal window in the top third of my screen. (which is kinda nice, but It covering up my desktop, I don't know how I opened it, and I cant seem to close it. ...
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Why does shutdown time vary?
I always shut down my Ubuntu MATE 16.04 system in exactly the same way: I keep hitting alt+F4 until I get to the very last terminal window and all other applications have been exited, and then I type ...
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Installing MATE desktop environment without installing the applications
I want to install MATE desktop only, without applications.
I already have apps from GNOME 3 - nautilus, file-roller, gedit. But when I sudo apt-get install mate-core, it asks to install caja, pluma, ...
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Is there a way to transition from Linux Mint with Mate desktop to Ubuntu MATE without re-install?
Brief history: For variety of reasons, I had transitioned back then from Ubuntu desktop with Gnome 2.0 to Ubuntu XFCE (got sick from Gnome 3), then to Cinnamon desktop environment, which somehow ...
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nm-applet - (dynamically) expand menu size
When having many WiFi SSIDs available, I need to scroll through the right-click menu of nm-applet widget menu by hovering over the arrow (see first screenshot below), yet the menu only spreads to a ...
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Fastest way to shutdown Ubuntu Mate 18.10
I'm looking for a "one click" way to shutdown Ubuntu Mate 18.10. I don't want to:
Click the Gear / Settings / ??? whatever you call it
Select Shutdown
Click on Shutdown because that's REALLY what I ...
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How to get LightDM automatically started at startup after disabling it (in Ubuntu MATE)?
I am working with Ubuntu MATE (16.04) on a Raspberry Pi 3. I disabled LightDM with
sudo systemctl disable lightdm
On the next boot LightDM did not show up again and instead I just got a terminal ...
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Ubuntu Mate desktop scaling for 4k displays
I am trying to use ubuntu mate on lenovo y50 having 4k resolution .It seems there is no support for hidpi screens in mate . I was able to manage scaling in gnome desktop using
gsettings set org.gnome....
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Nemo "open in Terminal" doesn't work in Ubuntu MATE 16.04
I'm using Nemo file manager in ubuntu mate 16.04 LTS... but when i Right click --> Open in Terminal, nothing happens. not even error messages.
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How can I disable Super Key in ubuntu-mate 18.04?
In Mate 18.04 the super key opens the application Menu. I would like to disable this keybinding but I cannot find it neither in the keyboard shortcuts menu nor with dconf editor.
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Auto-login enable on turn on system
I am new to Linux system I am using Ubuntu-Mate Desktop.
I have problem with login password, I did enable password and it asks when I try to install apps with sudo even when I log out and try to log ...
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How to configure shortcuts for workspaces on MATE 1.6
I've successfully configured four workspaces by using the switcher applet, but I can't find where to configure shortcuts (like ctrl+alt+left to move to the one on the left).
Some resources says it ...
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How to move from Ubuntu 17.04 Unity to Mate?
I found these instructions but I am a little bit reluctant to follow them blindly because the last modification date was in 2014.
To add context to the question:
A week ago I upgraded from 16.10 to ...
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Will I be able to get an interface that is like Gnome Classic in Ubuntu 14.04?
For a while I departed from Ubuntu to use Linux Mint because I really don't like Unity, or Gnome 3's most recent interface.
I was fine with what was called "Gnome Classic", but I feared it was being ...
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How to install TortoiseHG with integration to Caja on Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS?
On previous systems like Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 18.04 LTS it was possible.
But 20.04 LTS do not have tortoisehg and tortoisehg-caja in the repositories.
What to do?
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Can’t get network applet back in Ubuntu MATE 18.04
After upgrading from Ubuntu MATE 16.04 to 18.04, I can no longer get the network applet in the notification area.
This answer shows how I solved this in 15.04, and this solution survived the upgrades ...
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How to remove the time field in MATE notification bar?
Recently installed MATE on Ubuntu Hirsute. By default, the notification applet contains a time indicator. I'm using the own time applet which is more powerful (supports timezones, supports displaying ...
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Create keyboard shortcuts to move windows to different monitors without Compiz
I'm running Ubuntu MATE 16.04 and I love it right out of the box. The only thing I need on it is the ability to move my windows to different monitors using the keyboard.
I've been using CompizConfig ...
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X2GO with Ubuntu Mate/Xfce 16.04 fails to start
X2GO with Ubuntu Mate 16.04 fails to start with the following error message in ~/.xsession-x2go-errors
XSession-x2go: X session started for testuser at Fri Apr 26 22:30:23 EDT 2016
localuser:...
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Having apps stay open when the computer starts
Hello Running Ubuntu Mate. Is their a way to have command line applications open automatically at startup.
Right now every time I restart the computer I have to open the programs manually.
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Changing the size of the mouse pointer in Ubuntu MATE 18.04 does not work
I have Ubuntu 18.04 with the gnome-desktop and parallel the Ubuntu MATE desktop installed.
While I can easily change the size of the mouse pointer (DMZ-White) in the Gnome3 desktop , this does not ...
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How to merge Mutiny MATE into the top Title Bar (Like Unity 7 used to save screen space)
I have a question about Ubuntu MATE using the Mutiny Appearance configuration.
When I maximize my terminal or LibreOffice, it still leaves the title bar.
not merged into the TOP PANEL. How can I ...
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How do I stop the pointer disappearing when I type in Ubuntu Mate 16.04
I recently made a fresh install of Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on my laptop that has a touchpad.
I assume it's a "feature" that my pointer keeps disappearing whenever I start typing. This occurs in any ...
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Is it possible to run some application in the chroot or container but allow DBus interaction with host system?
I need to run old version of application in chroot (or container) and allow DBus interaction with host system. I can't install this application on host system because of serious dependency problems.
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Disable global search in GTK file chooser
As of Ubuntu Mate 19.04, the "Open File" dialog (GtkFileChooserDialog) will search through the whole file system instead of just the current folder whenever I start typing. How can I revert this to ...