Tag: MATE
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Reseting dconf database
In case it gets corrupted some applications might be unable to start at all – to clean it simply delete directory ~/.config/dconf
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When application is not listed in preferred applications in MATE
Reason for this is application .desktop file missing MimeType specification. For example for me mplayer and thunderbird are not listed as choices for video and mail respectively. To fix this edit application’s .desktop file (in /usr/local/share/applications directory, or in ~/.local/share/applications) and run update-desktop-database afterwards (with -v to show its warnings). For thunderbird I usedMimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailtoand for…
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MATE 1.12.1 and FreeBSD 10.3
One place to put all little tweaks to make it work better with FreeBSD.
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Making GNOME 3 usable under FreeBSD
As usable as it could be after their developers got infected by that brain parasite (it is funny how functionality-wise pretty much everything is done in wrong way). Plugins needed/enabled: To be able to install extensions from your browser make sure /usr/local/bin comes before /usr/bin in your path. In order to have screensavers make sure…