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I agree with the suggestion. Applications are pre-installed because SOME people use them. Most of the pre-installed apps are useless to me so I have an apt command to install about 25 applications that I use. I know the extra apps don't bother the computer, but they sure slow me down when I wade thr...

This can happen when files are deleted from a removable drive or partition, and then the drive or partition is un-mounted before the trash is emptied. If this is the case then re-mount the drive or partition and empty the trash.

Mike

I use Bleachbit to remove localizations and regularly dump 100-200 megabytes. The other pet peeve of mine is useless translations that get in the way when I want to edit files. I created this script to dump them: #!/bin/bash # delete lines containing translations # # example: Comment[fr]=... for fil...

And, another option is install a clipboard manager.

I use Diodon and have it configured to save the last 50 things I've copied. Everything else can go away but Diodon is still there.

Mike

I use the bash copy command (cp -urp ... ). I have a script to copy data and 'home' hidden files to a partition on a second disk, or a USB if it's mounted. It's been working just fine for years.
Mike

The root problem is that 'dpkg --get-selections' outputs package states install and deinstall, and the backup tool only likes install. The secondary problem is the output file has from one to six tabs between the package name and package state so they can not be effectively sorted. Step one is to re...

My technique it to press F3 to get a second window pane, in one pane navigate to the source, in the other navigate to the target, drag and drop from source to target and the result is displayed. In addition to immediately showing the result, this process creates a large target which is hard to miss....

SBren: I've had the same problems with lagging firefox and have not found a solution, but here are some things that don't work. With bleachbit I cleaned all firefox settings except passwords, and firefox continued it's slow ways. I completely purged firefox and the ... /.mozilla/firefox directory. W...

Another option is to assign volume up/down to keys not near the close-window key. Example: super+up-arrow and super+down-arrow.

Mike

In Theme Configuration, gtk-theme-config, there are some options. 'Custom highlight colors' changes the window title bar. I don't know yet how well the other two work.

Mike

Install gnome-color-chooser and, from my notes, these are my settings: GNOME Color Chooser > Panel > Foreground > normal > white > Font > Sans 10 The panel background is dark and I change that in panel properties (right-click somewhere on the panel). These are my settings: Properties > Background > ...

3 - the less customizable Mate desktop (compared to Xfce; but Caja is better than Thunar) I'm interested in knowing what is less customizable as I find just the opposite. The only thing about LMDE that bothers me is application version numbers lagging behind Mint. I've noticed this with QupZilla an...

If your procedure is to shutdown by closing the laptop lid try using the shutdown button in the Action Buttons plug-in, which is usually parked at the right end of the panel in Xfce. If the battery holds power then something is draining power when the laptop is thought to be off.

Mike

I put a Workspace Switcher on the panel, which provides a limited overview. The mouse wheel cycles thru the workspaces for more detail.
Mike

You are correct. In some circumstances, which have to do with the Caja view, selecting a folder 'eats' the first click.
Mike

These days I don't use any special software. I just drag-n-drop from the CD to the hard drive.

Mike

The command line for shutdown is: shutdown -P now
for restart: shutdown -r now

Mike

Another option is don't use the mouse at all after search results are displayed. As the search term is typed the list of results gets short. When there are 4 or fewer entries stop typing and use the down arrow to select an item, and press enter.

Mike

One of the things I did was change the color of the scroll bar slider. They are under the theme's images/scroll.

Mike

I suggest that the New Topic form include a Topic Category option. It would be a drop-down control with the 10 to 15 most common topic categories for the given forum, and Not Elsewhere Classified at the bottom. The category list in Desktop would include Cinnamon, Mate, KDE, XFCE, etc. The Networking...