I really love SparkyLinux! I must have tried 40 different distributions, and now I am at home. There is an issue using my 3-4 year old Lenovo ideapad, though: in three straight installations, choosing to install the MATE version, the MATE Tweak tool and the common interface using Applications, Places and System will not display, and also some applications do not show in the menu. The workaround is to use the APTus tool, install absolutely everything you could possibly want, and then to load the Desktop selection feature and add in the Gnome desktop. Then, once that installation completes, log out and log back in and wow, the MATE menu is fixed and everything works great (although there is introduced a certain instability in the terminal, which I think might be fixed by installing, e.g., Geany editor. Paul (as John Gough)
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I really love SparkyLinux! I must have tried 40 different distributions, and now I am at home. There is an issue using my 3-4 year old Lenovo ideapad, though: in three straight installations, choosing to install the MATE version, the MATE Tweak tool and the common interface using Applications, Places and System will not display, and also some applications do not show in the menu. The workaround is to use the APTus tool, install absolutely everything you could possibly want, and then to load the Desktop selection feature and add in the Gnome desktop. Then, once that installation completes, log out and log back in and wow, the MATE menu is fixed and everything works great (although there is introduced a certain instability in the terminal, which I think might be fixed by installing, e.g., Geany editor. Paul (as John Gough)