Vertical taskbars on MATE

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:12:15 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
>I like things to be however they are and stay that way rather than
>fluctuating depending on how I use them. That's one of the reasons I
>never enable automatic hiding  for my panels.

Hi,

it's the same for me, that's why I've got a thin fbpanel (left) and
lxpanel (right) on top of my openbox session.

https://imgur.com/a/I6QLHzo

>If I can't store files and directories on the desktop, that's a
>deal-breaker for me.

What ever WM or DE you are using, you can. SpaceFM is just one example
of several possible ways to enable this.

$ spacefm --help | grep 'desktop manager'
  --desktop                    Launch desktop manager daemon

Regards,
Ralf