MX-18 - Install MATE/Remove Xfce? <SOLVED>
MX-18 - Install MATE/Remove Xfce? <SOLVED>
I am quite impressed with MX-18 but prefer the MATE desktop. It seems to run well but I had to do much manual installing of missing MATE components and tools. What I would like to know is, will there be any negative impact if I remove all Xfce programs? There are a few wrinkles now with both MATE and Xfce running side by side, especially when logging back on from suspend. Thanks..
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Re: MX-18 - Install MATE/Remove Xfce?
It should be fine but make sure to leave the desktop-defaults-mx-* packages.
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lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - MX-23
FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Re: MX-18 - Install MATE/Remove Xfce?
MX doesn't install recommended packages by default, so those were probably what you missed in your Mate install.
running
would get them. For that package, they are
atril, desktop-base | ubuntu-wallpapers, engrampa, eom, ffmpegthumbnailer, galculator, mate-applets, mate-icon-theme-faenza, mate-media, mate-notification-daemon, mate-power-manager, mate-screensaver , mate-system-monitor, mate-user-guide, mate-utils, pluma
Did you install manually or with the MX package installer? If with MXPI, we probably need to have it install those recommends, though that will lead to system clutter if you keep xfce.
running
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sudo apt install --reinstall --install-recommends mate-desktop-environment
atril, desktop-base | ubuntu-wallpapers, engrampa, eom, ffmpegthumbnailer, galculator, mate-applets, mate-icon-theme-faenza, mate-media, mate-notification-daemon, mate-power-manager, mate-screensaver , mate-system-monitor, mate-user-guide, mate-utils, pluma
Did you install manually or with the MX package installer? If with MXPI, we probably need to have it install those recommends, though that will lead to system clutter if you keep xfce.
Re: MX-18 - Install MATE/Remove Xfce?
Thanks for your help. Everything works!
Re: MX-18 - Install MATE/Remove Xfce? <SOLVED>
Are you going to make an ISO that could be looked at by others?
Production: 5.10, MX-23 Xfce, AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core, GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2, 16 GB, SSD 120 GB, Data 1TB
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Personal: Lenovo X1 Carbon with MX-23 Fluxbox and Windows 10
Other: Raspberry Pi 5 with MX-23 Xfce Raspberry Pi Respin