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Re: MATE Desktop Environment

#71

Post by nailer » Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 3:47 PM UTC

grimoald wrote: post #66

nailer wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just File Manager or whatever the other thing does. One of the things that isn't so great is dealing with every small piece of software having its own branding.

Please not. When I have a problem with a program I want to know what to type into Google. I'm using LXDE and in some apps you won't even see its name in the about window.

'Gnome file manager' wouldn't have relevant results?

Re: MATE Desktop Environment

#72

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 3:47 PM UTC

grimoald wrote: post #66

nailer wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just File Manager or whatever the other thing does. One of the things that isn't so great is dealing with every small piece of software having its own branding.

Please not. When I have a problem with a program I want to know what to type into Google. I'm using LXDE and in some apps you won't even see its name in the about window.

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Re: MATE Desktop Environment

#73

Post by loeg » Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 9:09 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #71

grimoald wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please not. When I have a problem with a program I want to know what to type into Google. I'm using LXDE and in some apps you won't even see its name in the about window.

'Gnome file manager' wouldn't have relevant results?

Not as specific, for sure.

Re: MATE Desktop Environment

#74

Post by grimoald » Sun, Apr 24, 2016, 11:02 AM UTC

nailer wrote: post #71

grimoald wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please not. When I have a problem with a program I want to know what to type into Google. I'm using LXDE and in some apps you won't even see its name in the about window.

'Gnome file manager' wouldn't have relevant results?

My system's language is not English, so I would have to either guess what “Dokumentbetrachter” is called in English or get only results in German, which are probably not that many.