Mate menus

[R Kimber]

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:31:14 +0100
Liam Proven wrote:

> 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.

You are probably right, the server + mate would have been better, but I was
in a hurry.  It seems OK now.  I've deleted the duplicates from the menu.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
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