Hi All,
I am recently started using LMDE. been a ubuntu user for past 2-3 years been juglling between ubuntu,pinguy and linuxmint.
wanted to shift back to debian so LMDE.
now what i want is a simple MATE + Compiz kind of environment.
I have been keeping my /home as separate partition for past 2-3 years so basically its a lot cluttered.
now i need help in following 2 steps.
1) remove all traces of cinnamon and gnome3 stuff.
2) keep only mate.
3) any specific folder which i can remove once the above 2 steps are done.
example .gnome or .gnome2 or .gnome3 folders.
or you would suggest to go with a fresh install.
LMDE with only MATE no cinnamon
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LMDE with only MATE no cinnamon
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Re: LMDE with only MATE no cinnamon
My preference is always a fresh install but if you don't want to go that way try this
in Terminal
That will get rid of cinnamon and any config files that go with it.
I'm not so sure it's that easy with gnome 3 because I think there are Item shared with Mate.
good luck
in Terminal
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sudo apt-get purge cinnamon
I'm not so sure it's that easy with gnome 3 because I think there are Item shared with Mate.
good luck
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Re: LMDE with only MATE no cinnamon
thanks for the tip kc1di,
did a purge of cinammon as well as to test stuff renamed all .gnome or simmilar folders.
lost some config's specifically compiz and accessories i was using.
reconfiguring them created clean folders
now struggling to get my old plugin's from nautilus to mate's caja.
rabbitvcs is one i need desperately.
did a purge of cinammon as well as to test stuff renamed all .gnome or simmilar folders.
lost some config's specifically compiz and accessories i was using.
reconfiguring them created clean folders
now struggling to get my old plugin's from nautilus to mate's caja.
rabbitvcs is one i need desperately.
Re: LMDE with only MATE no cinnamon
Seems overly complicated to me. Why not simply install with a pre-201204-spin disk?
Intel Core2 Duo, 3.0 GHz, 6 GB ram, 160 GB hdd; Ultimate Edition Oz Unity Star Sapphire (discontinued Ubuntu 14.04 remix that I've been able to upgrade to a 16.04 base); Linux Mint 18.2/Mate.