Questions tagged [mate-desktop]
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 to increase number of workspaces in Debian 12?
I have a Debian 12 system and am wondering how I can increase
the number of workspaces from 4 to N.
Executing this cmd echo $DESKTOP_SESSION returns mate. So the DE is mate.
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After mate-screensaver blacks screen, input causes screen contents to be visible for a few seconds before showing unlock prompt
I regularly observe this behaviour on one particular system:
I lock the screen either manually or by idling for the configured time
screen turns black and shortly after the screen enters power-save
I ...
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How to change screen scale in Debian 12 using MATE desktop environment?
I recently just created a virtual machine in VMware Player with the OS. Debian 12 and the MATE desktop environment (with X11 window manager). The problem I have is regarding the resolution and scaling ...
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Name of the arrow icons that tell you there is a subdirectory in a menu?
I don't know how exactly to describe it verbally,
but I just mean the white triangular arrows in this example image:
In an icon theme that I'm trying to use they either don't exist or are the exact ...
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How to enable middle touchpad button in VMware which has Fedora/Mate as a guest?
My company laptop has been replaced. I moved from Precision 7730 (which had 3 physical touchpad buttons) to Precision 7680 which doesn't have any touchpad button, and I really miss them.
My host is ...
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Why is Debian 12 crashing to login screen?
Situation: In the last month or two, occasionally while browsing with either Brave or Firefox I click a hyperlink and the machine crashes back to the login screen. After logging again, anything ...
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MATE mate-terminal configuration: raising window at AxB+x+y failing
MATE Terminal 1.27.1 on 6.6.1-arch1-1
I want to open my mate-terminal at 300,400. From the command line I can enter mate-terminal --geometry 80x24+300+200 and get the effect I'm looking for.
I want to ...
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Linux Mint Mate 21.2 ZFS rpool, bpool, and another one - in Caja Sidebar visible - How to get rid of it?
In installed an enrcypted Linux on an separate SSD. In the Install process i choose ZFS.
In Caja (1.26) i saw these Folder and wonder why i get this, so i just want to get rid of it, because i dont ...
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No hierarchical submenus shown in MATE?
The menu editor named mozo allows me to make submenus. But the actual menu shows without submenus and all items inside submenus are shown under the top level menu.
In short: the whole menu structure ...
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Can't Install Umbrel on my Ubuntu Mate 23.04
I'm having a lot of problems when i run curl -L https://umbrel.sh | bash
Err:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is ...
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Error message on MTP path when connecting Android phone, but path is OK
I am using Linux Mint MATE 21.2. When I plug my Samsung phone (A14) on USB and then tap "Allow" on it, I get the following error box in Caja:
Couldn't show "mtp://...
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MATE Desktop: misbehavior: alt-tab switching across workspaces
mate-desktop 1.26.1-1
6.4.12-arch1-11
Previous/desired behavior: alt-tab cycles through windows in workspace.
New behavior: alt tab cycles through windows of the the focussed application.
For example, ...
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How to install the System Monitor plugin for Mate panels?
I am using MX Linux 21.3 with Mate desktop. I have already installed mate-system-monitor (Mate System Monitor 1.24.1). This apparently does not give me the System Monitor plugin that I want for the ...
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Mate: How to change the default monitor that Chrome (or any app) opens on?
I am currently on MX Linux 21.3 and the desktop is Mate.
I have two monitors: an LCD TV and the laptop's built-in monitor. xrandr output is attached at the end. The LCD TV is at 1360x768 (primary) and ...
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How to let text editors (or Gtk text view component) respect my font settings for leading whitespace for correct indentation?
In the MATE desktop environment (Debian Linux 12), the width of the rendered leading spaces seems to be different according to different languages, in rich text like components. Including the text ...
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