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I'm rebuilding my sister's old pc. Ditching Windows, installing DDOG.
She doesn't have much applications requirements.
I install the 'usual' - browser (Chrome/Firefox), filemanager (Thunar), mail (Thunderbird), LibreOffice suite, etc.

I could have used the Starter Kit, or one of Fred's minimal build and start adding things.
But I chose to use Bullseye DDOG build and start removing packages.

I already got it to what I am happy with. But still, there are some items, I'd like those to be not 'visible' on the menu though they're installed. I'd like to 'slimline' the menu.

I looked for it, haven't found it yet.
Where do you configure the menu items?

My radical solution is to get rid of the menu and use xlunch and a shortcut to /usr/shared/applications instead.

I did a post on how to configure xlunch somewhere.

@dcung Besides adding/removing .desktop files from: /usr/share/applications , /usr/local/share/applications and ~/.local/share/applications (on which the Menu is mostly built) , you may need to edit '/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu'
Entries with "<Filename>" , remove any of them and they won't show in the Menu e.g.:
<Filename>Create-module-from-changes.desktop</Filename>
Or:
<Filename>exo-mail-reader.desktop</Filename>

dancytron wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 11:50 am

My radical solution is to get rid of the menu and use xlunch and a shortcut to /usr/shared/applications instead.

Good suggestion. I like this. I have seen xlunch.
I don't know if I can get familiar enough in few days though (in time before I drop PC) to get a 'support' call later.
I will tinker with it for next round of PC refresh.
For now, all I did is just set it to a point that I think they can handle. Make a remaster. Any support call later, worst case, revert to a known state.

I knew about those /share/applications locations. Removing/moving .desktop will be my last resort.

fredx181 wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:11 pm

..., you may need to edit '/etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu'
Entries with "<Filename>" , remove any of them and they won't show in the Menu e.g.:
<Filename>Create-module-from-changes.desktop</Filename>

I got rid of a few. Thanks for this Fred.

Here is my post.

viewtopic.php?t=4633

I probably should create a new topic...but.

When working on this PC of my sister, I point all apps default (that I can find) to second HDD (/dev/sdb -> /mnt/sdb1).
But I found that this doesn't work if she happens to run the app before clicking/mounting the second drive icon (her data drive).
So, I auto-mount the drive via /etc/fstab at boot time. This works and solved the problem.

However, now there's an extra icon, i.e. duplicate on the desktop of the same 'sdb1', just the one Fred created look 'prettier'
It's only 'cosmetic', but I recall there's 'debdogmountscripts' package ?.
Maybe I can put it in Startup instead of fstab and solve the 'extra' icon issue?
If so, what is it? I have not found it yet.

dcung wrote:

However, now there's an extra icon, i.e. duplicate on the desktop of the same 'sdb1', just the one Fred created look 'prettier'

Of course !

It's only 'cosmetic', but I recall there's 'debdogmountscripts' package ?.
Maybe I can put it in Startup instead of fstab and solve the 'extra' icon issue?
If so, what is it? I have not found it yet.

The debdogmountscripts is not useful for automounting, I think.
Yes, try in Startup instead of fstab .
Or, perhaps leave out "noauto" on the kernel boot line, then every connected drive should auto-mount (less secure though).

fredx181 wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:49 pm

Or, perhaps leave out "noauto" on the kernel boot line, then every connected drive should auto-mount (less secure though).

This works.
And in her case, there are only 2 HDDs and she needs to use both anyway.

Bonus - now she gets to see only the pretty icon

Thanks Fred!