Mate menus

[Liam Proven]

On 14 July 2012 13:08, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> After experimenting with Mint, I decided to have Ubuntu 12.04 with Mate.
>
> Installation has gone OK, but I notice that quite a few menu items are
> present in duplicate and in one or two cases (e.g. LibreOffice writer) there
> is no icon. The duplicate items start the same program, but there are some
> differences that make me think different themes are being used.
>
> Anyone seen this? Is this a bug that should be reported? If so, does Ubuntu
> have any interest in Mate, or should it go to the Mate developers?

Reading to the end of the thread, why are you starting with a distro
that has an integrated desktop that you don't want? That's always
going to give you multiple redundant apps. This is why we try to tell
Ric Moore not to install Ubuntu & then add Xfce, but just use Xubuntu.
:¬)

If you want a pure Maté environment, then either run a Maté remix, e.g.:
http://www.notalinux.com/

Or install Ubuntu Server then add the Maté PPA & install it by hand,
giving you a pure Maté system with no trace of Unity.

This would seem much easier to me, & result in a leaner, cleaner OS
without duplicated apps.

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