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Weird Arrow elbems showing up in Caja

Wierd Arrow emblems are showing up in Caja, also in ls in Terminal these directory are highlighted light blue, but it seems that they are not a link at all. Output of ls: Gui: I'm using Ubuntu MATE ...
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set up background from cli with feh

I've read the manual pages from feh, and this command should work: feh --fullscreen --no-menus --randomize --recursive --bg-fill wallpapers/ I can see a flicker on the screen, but my old background ...
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Elements not showing in Brave browser after updating Ubuntu MATE

I recently installed Ubuntu MATE on an old laptop, and installed Brave on it. I used it with no problems for about a week and today I was prompted to perform a system update. After I did, Brave is ...
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After upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 Control Center no longer opens and Appearance no longer available

Least technical post you may find. Upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04. Control center now fails to open even though it shows as being installed and up-to-date. Therefore I can't change my appearance or ...
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Stop MATE panel being dragged with touch

I have a touch screen computer running Ubuntu MATE 22.04. When I accidentally touch on the MATE panel, the panel is dragged to another location, which is very inconvenient, because sometimes I end up ...
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Touch sensor does not rotate after flipping the screen orientation

This question is for computers without a rotation sensor. For computers with a rotation sensor, autorotate feature can work in GNOME and KDE without any additional tool. See this question. I have a ...
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How to make redshift even more red in Ubuntu MATE 22.04? [duplicate]

I am using Ubuntu MATE 22.04. Towards night, redshift sets a color temperature of 4500K. How to reduce the color temperature even further? Unlike the Night Light feature in GNOME/KDE, Redshift does ...
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What is Zeitgeist Data Hub background process?

I am running Ubuntu MATE 22.10. I noticed the background process zeitgeist-datahub in htop. What is this process doing? Can I safely disable it? I found a package of the same name. https://packages....
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Items missing from desktop when using rdp

I access Ubuntu 22.04 Mate from Windows remote desktop. When I log in, the top and bottom bars are missing from the desktop. While searching for a solution, I found that the command mate-panel --...
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DVD drive activates every time I save a text file, and at other inappropriate times

I am writing a text file on my laptop. However, every time I save the text file, the DVD drive activates. The DVD drive also activates at other inappropriate times. I could eject the DVD of course, ...
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Ubuntu Mate theme has no "Traditional" option after update to Jammy

I updated my computer, and now the theme is all screwed up. The panel applets in Mate don't work, the icons are wrong or missing. In Mate-Tweak, the option I would usually choose, "Traditional&...
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How to deny mouse right-click option in Ubuntu 20.04.5?

I have implemented ubuntu-20.04.5 LTS mate desktop-1.24.0 on AWS Cloud to access desktop applications. I need to restrict mouse right click option in ubuntu mate desktop. This right click should ...
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Upgrade Ubuntu MATE from 20.04 to 22.04 crashed

While performing the upgrade using the GUI, the computer crashed and the screen froze. It's an old computer with a LED that lights up when there is activity on the disk, but there was none. So I ...
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How do i install Ubuntu MATE on an Ubuntu 20.04 install

I have a PC with limited resources so I want to install a lighter Linux version like Ubuntu MATE. I tried: apt-get install linux-headers-mate but that does not work. Could not find package.
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in "mate-appearance-properties" font tab desktop font is greyed out

I am on Ubuntu 20.04 Mate desktop. I noticed that in mate-appearance-properties' fonts tab desktop font is greyed out and inactive, I can't select a font. I also created another user, it's the same in ...
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