

- #Adding desklets mate install
- #Adding desklets mate update
- #Adding desklets mate driver
- #Adding desklets mate code
Mint is a great option for users who want to migrate away from Windows or Mac, have a fully working system with office software, music and video players, simple graphics and other hardware proprietary driver installation and more.
#Adding desklets mate install
There is also the fact that because it’s based on Ubuntu is uses the same repositories as Ubuntu, which gives it a huge wealth of available software and package for users to download and install a huge leap in simplicity for users who don’t wish to get into using things such as Git or building from source.

#Adding desklets mate code
However, today we are going to be focusing on Linux Mint version 18.1 which is code-named ‘Serena’, and my personal Desktop Environment flavour of choice ‘MATE’ which is a fork of the old Gnome2 code base that anyone who used Ubuntu a decade ago was likely familiar with.įirstly, why Linux Mint? I love Mint, it’s not my favourite distro out of all that I have used, but it definitely is one of the most complete in terms of a working system out of the box with as little configuration needed as possible. There are vast numbers of other distros that range in simplicity and user-friendliness from the it-works-out-of-the-box-like-Ubuntu: Manjaro, which is based on Arch Linux, to Arch Linux itself which is built entirely from the command line, to Gentoo which takes building your own system to an even further level than Arch.


The most common known are primarily Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, and Linux Mint. If you do not want to wait for it, you can try it right now using the following PPA:ĭo you like the changes in this release? Have you tried it in action? Tell us in the comments.There are many popular distributions of GNU/Linux to choose from, but it’s generally recognized among the GNU/Linux world that there are a few major players that people tend to gravitate towards more often than others.
#Adding desklets mate update
Synaptic dialogs (used by Software Sources, Language Settings and the Update Manager) received support for window progress.Among other things, this support makes it possible to browse Google Drive and OwnCloud in Nemo. GNOME Online Accounts SupportĬinnamon 3.6 supports GNOME Online Accounts. We fixed AT-SPI support (the ability for the Cinnamon keyboard to pop up automatically when you focus on a text entry) and we patched both Onboard and Cinnamon for them not to interfere with each others anymore (which means you’ll be able to use the Cinnamon onscreen keyboard without onboard getting in the way, but you’ll also be able to use onboard in Cinnamon if you want). We’ve also reviewed a couple of things when it comes to ons-creen keyboards in general. You can place it on top or at the bottom and it can take half, a third or a quarter of your screen. In the upcoming Cinnamon 3.6 desktop environment, its developers have implemented a special change in the On-screen keyboard app.įirst, the size and position of the on-screen keyboard are now configurable. Nemo, the default file mananger app for the Cinnamon desktop environment, has got the ability for extensions to supply their configuration dialog to the "Configure" link on the Plugins page to quickly open their settings: Mint version 18.3 will include the task progress feature for the following apps:ĭevelopers are also considering adding support for this feature to MATE/Caja and Synaptic and its helper tools like Update Manager, Language Settings and Software Sources. Some applications like the USB Stick formatter or Nemo file manager's operations will use it to indicate their progress. It will allow apps that use it to draw a percentage right in the panel. GNOME Online Accounts Support Cinnamon spicesĬinnamon 3.6 will come with a refined user interface for the configuration page of Cinnamon spices (applets, desklets, extensions, themes).Ī special change has landed to LibXapp, the core library shared between apps included in Linux Mint.
