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Linux Mint Essentials

By : Jay LaCroix
Book Image

Linux Mint Essentials

By: Jay LaCroix

Overview of this book

A task-oriented look at Linux Mint, using actual real-world examples to stimulate learning. Each topic is presented in an easy-to-follow order, with hands-on activities to reinforce the content. If you are starting out with Linux from a different platform or are well versed with Linux Mint and want a guide that shows you how to exploit certain functionality, this book is for you. No previous Linux experience is assumed.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Customizing MATE

Customizing your MATE experience is easy and rewarding. Using the components that the MATE edition includes, you can customize pretty much every portion of the desktop. Listed in this section are some of the highlights.

Desktop background

Just like the Cinnamon edition, the MATE edition contains a slew of backgrounds you can use for your desktop. If you don't prefer any of those that are installed by default, you can click on Add… and browse to find a picture of your own to use. The following screenshot shows how to select a desktop background:

Desktop background

Screensaver

Also located in the Control Center is a section where you can change the screensaver that appears during a period of inactivity. In this section, you can choose your favorite screensaver, the length of time until it appears, or disable the screensaver altogether. By default, there are only a few screensavers installed, so this aspect of MATE may be a bit underwhelming.

Panel applets

The panel (the bar along the...