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The MATE desktop environment is a traditional desktop environment. It was cloned from GNOME 2.

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Writing MATE/GNOME Applets (Python) with PyGObject Introspection

So I have been trying to port a C GNOME applet to MATE, and after running into many different problems, I decided to rewrite it from scratch in python. Eventually, I found some not-horribly-out-of-date documentation, which is here:…
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How and where does dconf/GSettings store configuration data?

Yesterday I tried updating from MATE 1.4 to MATE 1.6. I didn't like some things about it, and I decided to switch back, at least for now. One of the changes was a switch from the mateconf configuration system to GNOME 3's GSettings. As I understand…
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Mate DE with XMonad

Since MATE is just a fork of GNOME2, it is apparently possible to replace the window manager with another (i.e. xmonad) using the command: mateconftool-2 -s /desktop/mate/session/required_components/windowmanager xmonad --type string. This works in…
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What are the components of a panel applet in Mate?

This is my first post on Stack Overflow - I'm not a professional developer, and when I have a problem in one of my little experiments it's always rather simple and I normally find the solution among the answered question. This time my search hasn't…
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VNC black screen on Fedora 27 with mate desktop

I recently try to set up vncserver for a local server with Fedora 27, mate desktop, and miniconda. But I keep getting black screen and a black dot instead of a cursor. After endless searching for solutions on Google, I feel devastated. Does anyone…
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QMainWindow visibility issue when switching virtual desktop

My application has a QSystemTrayIcon that toggles the QMainWindow visibility when left-clicked. def tray_icon_activated_cb(reason): if reason == QtWidgets.QSystemTrayIcon.Trigger: self.main_window.setVisible(not…
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How to theme Mate desktop notifications?

I searching a way to add some CSS rules in GTK theme for Mate desktop notifications like this one (Mate 1.26 with GTK 3.24): How to set button background only in notifications? Extra: how to set background of the the countdown? button {…
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Mate Kiosk Mode - customize desktop context menu & shutdown/lock buttons

my goal is to configure a minimal Mate desktop that allows only Firefox and limited file management. Up to now, I managed to strip down most of the desktop by editing the menu files…
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How to add refresh option in mate desktop environment

Im trying to add the refresh button like we have in Windows in right click in mate desktop. Im running Parrot OS. apt-get install nautilus-refresh sudo apt-get install python-nautilus xautomation wget Both these commands return error as not found,I…
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MATE desktop popup window class for AutoKey

In MATE desktop in Fedora 28, I have set a shortcut for switching windows using a popup window to Super-j. I've discovered AutoKey that allows you to re-map the keys for certain applications/windows. It has a script that tells you what the window…
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Check if a specific Linux Terminal is already open

We have a Server Startup Script that is calling a Mate Terminal (or GNOME Terminal - should not make a difference) as Part of the Server Startup process which is, in essence, tailing the Servers info log like that: mate-terminal --title="APPSERVER…
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How to add the Audio/Video Property tab to Caja?

By default Caja does not come with the Audio/Video Properties tab that is present in Nautilus since... a very long time. How can this tab be added?
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"expected declaration specifiers" on Make with GCC

I am trying to port https://github.com/alexkay/xmonad-log-applet from GNOME2 to MATE, and so far I have gotten past configuration etc and I am trying to build. You can find my modifications here: https://github.com/geniass/xmonad-log-applet. When I…
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On Debian Mate, Visual Studio Code renders fonts badly

Since a few days ago, Visual Studio Code badly displays fonts. I'm currently under Debian Buster with Mate as the desktop environment. As I don't know how to correctly describe the display, here are some screenshots (it's particularly visible in the…
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Start Fedora Server MATE Desktop

I wonder if it's possible to start the MATE Desktop when needed and don't set graphical.target as standard. installing MATE Desktop is no problem with dnf group. But startx always says X Server is offline etc... What am I doing wrong?! Sometimes I…
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