What exactly do you mean?rsal wrote:I also installed mate desktop from gslapt.
I selected mate-desktop in gslapt and installed it. The command 'slapt-get -s --install-set mate' shows:What exactly do you mean?
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# slapt-get -s --install-set mate
Reading Package Lists...Done
ffmpegthumbnailer-caja is up to date.
libmate is up to date.
libmatecanvas is up to date.
libmatecomponent is up to date.
libmatecomponentui is up to date.
libmatekbd is up to date.
libmatekeyring is up to date.
libmatenotify is up to date.
libmateui is up to date.
libmateweather is up to date.
libmatewnck is up to date.
mate-applets is up to date.
mate-backgrounds is up to date.
mate-colors-icon-theme is up to date.
mate-common is up to date.
mate-conf is up to date.
mate-conf-editor is up to date.
mate-control-center is up to date.
mate-corba is up to date.
mate-desktop is up to date.
mate-dialogs is up to date.
mate-doc-utils is up to date.
mate-document-viewer is up to date.
mate-file-archiver is up to date.
mate-file-manager is up to date.
mate-file-manager-image-converter is up to date.
mate-file-manager-open-terminal is up to date.
mate-icon-theme is up to date.
mate-icon-theme-faenza is up to date.
mate-keyring is up to date.
mate-menus is up to date.
mate-mime-data is up to date.
mate-netspeed is up to date.
mate-notification-daemon is up to date.
mate-panel is up to date.
mate-polkit is up to date.
mate-power-manager is up to date.
mate-sensors-applet is up to date.
mate-session-manager is up to date.
mate-settings-daemon is up to date.
mate-system-monitor is up to date.
mate-terminal is up to date.
mate-utils is up to date.
mate-vfs is up to date.
mate-window-manager is up to date.
whaaw-thumbnailer-caja is up to date.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mate-salix-backgrounds
0 upgraded, 0 reinstalled, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove, 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1.0kB of archives.
After unpacking 4.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
mate-salix-backgrounds-13.37-noarch-1gv is to be installed
Done
You are right. I had for some weeks gone to Linux Mint Debian Edition with Mate desktop. There the Mate desktop had a traditional start button at traditional place (left bottom corner). On returning to my Salixos recently, I had this desktop with Applications,Places,System buttons which I mistook for Xfce. I now realize that this is also Mate desktop. How can I have Mate desktop with a traditional start button on Salixos?This behavior does not make sense
I want to have desktop as in these images:I have no idea what you mean by "traditional start button"
Thanks for clarifying. It would be good if there can be a similar menu for salixos also. Moreover, on the wide screen monitors, it seems ideal to have the menu panel/taskbar vertically along the right margin of the display. This can be managed most easily with LXDE, but not so well with Mate or Xfce.That is a menu provided by linux mint. You won't find it in salix.
I run Xfce with a vertical right panel and a minimal conky. It was quite easy to set up. Screenshot here...rsal wrote:... Moreover, on the wide screen monitors, it seems ideal to have the menu panel/taskbar vertically along the right margin of the display. This can be managed most easily with LXDE, but not so well with Mate or Xfce.
