Opening terminal, entering command, hitting enter, works fine. Can we optimize, get rid of that first step: Rather than opening a terminal, can commands be entered directly into a panel, via some single-line terminal widget (on Debian/Mate)?

I want my default date format to be iso8601 but I want my desktop panel clock to use a 12-hour display. For this preference, the MATE panel clock applet wants a session language that includes a 12-hour clock. To get the iso format, the recommendation is for en_DK and this, apparently, does not offer a 12-hour clock. How can I give the clock applet a locale with a 12-hour clock and keep the iso format everywhere else? I suppose I could set the bash session to en_DK and then applications run in that session will inherit that locale? But I prefer to make it a panel-specific locale.

I am in Linux Mint with Mate desktop. Each time I open a file (text file, image file, libreOffice, mp3...) I receive the following error: The problem does not occur if I open filebrowser windows. If I reload the mintMenu, it always quits again, as soon as I open a new document. It started when I was under Mint 20.3, after I gave a mate-panel --reset command. Here is a list of things that I have tried: - I have "Reset all panels" from the menu I get right-clicking the panel: the problem is still there; - I have upgraded the system to Mint 21.1: the problem is still there; - I have uninstalled and reinstalled (in synaptic) several packages (mate-panel, libmate-panel-applet-4-1, mintmenu, and many more that I thought related to the issue): same problem; - I have created a new user, and switched user: the problem is not present in the new user account (!!); - following this suggestion I have renamed the folders /home/fabio/.config/mate, /home/fabio/.config/mate-session, /home/fabio/.config/mintmenu, /home/fabio/.config/menus and then logout -> login: the system re-creates the folders, but the problem is still there. Here is what I read in the syslog at the time the problem occurs: Feb 4 20:52:58 Fabio-EliteBook systemd: Started app-flatpak-org.kde.kate-11545.scope. Feb 4 20:52:58 Fabio-EliteBook kernel: [ 4161.234665] mintmenu: segfault at 4 ip 00007fec36a772ea sp 00007ffe16735e70 error 4 in libgtk-3.so.0.2404.29[7fec3694a000+383000] Feb 4 20:52:58 Fabio-EliteBook kernel: [ 4161.234677] Code: 5c 41 5d 41 5e c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 55 48 89 fd 48 8b 7f 08 48 85 ff 74 05 e8 2a 7f 12 00 48 8b 7d 18 47 04 83 e8 01 89 47 04 85 c0 7f 05 e8 e4 9e 07 00 48 8b 7d 20 Feb 4 20:52:58 Fabio-EliteBook systemd: Started Process Core Dump (PID 11562/UID 0). 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184a841c55fb7fe5e3873fcda8368c71016cd54c#012Found module libblkid.so.1 with build-id: cdf95a964e3302bb356fefc4b801fae8c4340b31#012Found module libselinux.so.1 with build-id: 6fa53202ce676297de24873c886443b2759bfd8a#012Found module libmount.so.1 with build-id: eeb33f2b4b9c3 Feb 4 20:52:59 Fabio-EliteBook systemd: systemd-coredump@28-11562-0.service: Deactivated successfully. Feb 4 20:55:01 Fabio-EliteBook CRON: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) and this is what happens when I hit "Reload" on the error dialog window: Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook dbus-daemon: [session uid=1000 pid=9169] Activating service name='org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory' requested by ':1.19' (uid=1000 pid=9470 comm="mate-panel " label="unconfined") Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook dbus-daemon: [session uid=1000 pid=9169] Successfully activated service 'org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory' Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py:498: DeprecationWarning: MatePanelApplet.Applet.set_background_widget is deprecated Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: self.applet.set_background_widget(self.applet) Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py:176: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Alignment.new is deprecated Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: Align1 = Gtk.Alignment.new(0, 0, 0, 0) Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: /usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/mintMenu.py:177: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Alignment.set_padding is deprecated Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: Align1.set_padding(10, 5, 10, 0) Feb 4 20:59:16 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: #015Reading package lists... 0%#015#015Reading package lists... 100%#015#015Reading package lists... Done Feb 4 20:59:17 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: #015Building dependency tree... 0%#015#015Building dependency tree... 0%#015#015Building dependency tree... 50%#015#015Building dependency tree... 50%#015#015Building dependency tree... Done Feb 4 20:59:17 Fabio-EliteBook org.mate.panel.applet.MintMenuAppletFactory: #015Reading state information... 0% #015#015Reading state information... 0%#015#015Reading state information... Done I am relatively new to Linux, I have the feeling that it is all about a messed up configuration file (because of the fact that in the new user account the problem is not present), but I am not sure which config to remove. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I have Linux Mint 20.3 with MATE 1.26.0. After messing with some external monitors, and the resolution, and which monitor is the main one, my panel got all messed up. I managed to "move all the launchers to the usual place, and also managed to move the part with the open windows (I can't remember how that is called). The problem remains with the "time and date" panel element, which now is on the left of the "system icons", such as volume, network connection, etc (also here, I don't know how to properly call them). If I right-click the time-and-date panel element, I have the "move" option, but it seems impossible to move it to the rightmost position, i.e. to the right of the system icons. On the other hand, if I right click the "system icons" they seem to miss the "move" option. Here is a screenshot of the whole panel: and of the right part only: So, how can I move the time and date to its original position, the rightmost, to the right of volume icon? Thanks in advance for any help. I am relatively new to Linux, so in addition to the solution of the specific problem, I would be happy to have more insights: how to correctly call those things, in particular the icons on the right, and the area with the open windows, understand why they behave differently, etc.

I'm using Linux Mint 18.1 (Serena) and I would like to add a new taskbar/panel, to use and track the windows in the second monitor. All of the solutions I have read say to - Right click the existing panel - Click on Add New Panel. - Right click the new panel - Click Properties, then unmark Expand. - Drag the panel to the second monitor. This last step is the problem for me, since Mint won't let me drag the panel outside of the bounds of the first monitor. Any help would be appreciated.

I have a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications with the entry: [Desktop Entry] Icon=my-app ... I have placed my-app.png into /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps. The icon displays just fine for its entry in the MATE Application menu if I explicitly point it to the icon location: Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/my-app.png But it doesn't work if I use the basename: Icon=my-app Why is it failing with just the basename? This seems to be how other applications do it. I am referencing the specifications from freedesktop.org . My distro is Fedora 30. This is testing for an RPM package so I am not looking for answers that direct me to place it anywhere in my home folder.

I have somehow the opposite problem of the proponent of this question: why-are-my-application-desktop-files-not-showing-up-in-linux-application-menu in my case I have an application showing in the menu, but I can't find its .desktop file. I am new to Linux, I am using Mint 20.2 with Mate. The application is installed from flatpack, and works perfectly.

I am running a Linux Mint with Mate window manager on board. For some reason, some of the icons in the tray are resized to fit the panel height, others are not. Weird thing is happening to the keepassxc icon that is rendered disproportionally stretched - an oval-shaped. Can anybody give a suggestion how to tweak it so the icon shape is proper (be it small or big, but circle)?

I am lefty here. How do you change the mouse usage in Parrot Linux 2019 to be left-handed? Specifically the trackpad... I have changed the 'Mouse Orientation' to 'left-handed'. But the trackpad is still righty ??? I am using Parrot either 4.6 or 4.7, not so sure. What I am sure, that it is a Mate Desktop, I think. I just installed it like about month ago, not sure which.. Typed uname spits nothing bout the version. Not sure what to do anymore. Still noob here..

I'm using the mate-panel on Devuan 2.0 ASCII (~= Debian 9.0 Stretch). I've downloaded this (binary) application which I've placed in /opt/the_app. I have a link to its binary under /usr/local/bin/the_app. Now, the app's distribution comes with a .desktop file and an .ico file it links to. How do I use this file to see Zotero in my desktop environment's launcher? Or - should I not use it directly at all? The file's contents: [Desktop Entry] Name=TheApp Exec=bash -c "$(dirname $(readlink -f %k))/the_app_binary -url %U" Icon=the_app.ico Type=Application Terminal=false Categories=Office; MimeType=text/plain