Mint 11 released

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It also has no start menu - you have to type the first few characters of an application, if it's not in your list of giant-size quick start icons.

You could try the Applications lens.....

[#2]

I get something like
However a lot of people have been busy writing ppa's.

[#3]

I'm liking the look of Ubuntu more every time   

[#4]

It's O.K. (suitably modified) if you only use a few different applications.
My mouse gets knackered using the official version though. 

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It's O.K. (suitably modified) if you only use a few different applications.

Maybe it's a good thing, looks fresh, different. How come the mouse thing though you have mentioned a couple of times? What is it about using the OS that makes it un-friendly to use the mouse?
I wish I had something spare I could test it out on. Ideally my laptop but I use it for work and the Blackberry software doesn't work with Linux. I hear you can swap files and use the phone as a modem but I need to sync outlook tasks,contacts, memos etc. The only other rig I have buck shee is a spare estimating pc at work but thats only 256mb ram I think.

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If you have one or more (not-maximised) windows, then NONE of them will show the standard Menu bar (e.g. File, Edit, help etc).
For the window which has window-focus, you have to position your mouse in the panel running across the top 28 pixels of your screen.
When you have done this, the menu bar will be populated with the appropriate menu options for your application running in the window I mentioned earlier...
Actually not all applications follow this rule, such as Firefox and LibreOffice, but for those that do and assuming you don't have a miniature screen, it causes great pain for the mouse.
If you know all the shortcuts for all programs, it's not a problem.
You might see this bug feature referred to as the "Global Menu".
Currently, this "feature" can be disabled by uninstalling a non-obvious package.
For Ubuntu live CD's, you really need a minimum of 512 MB.

[#7]

Quote from: A

I get something like

Right-click on the lens to get the menu.
You´ll still be taken to the Dash but but you shouldn´t have the hardship of having to type the first few characters of the application 

[#8]

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You might see this bug feature referred to as the "Global Menu". Currently, this "feature" can be disabled by uninstalling a non-obvious package.

It can be disabled by renaming /usr/lib/indicators/5/libappmenu.so (which is a bit of a dirty hack).
"export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=" > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/81ubuntumenuproxy (as root) is apparently the correct way to do it.

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I know.
The EXPORT way didn't work for me, so I t removed the "indicator-appmenu" package - which did work.
Either method doesn't sound like an official, supported feature.
Why is X11 responsible for menu bar appearance?

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Hi just dwnloaded linux but no wireless driver (it did not start up when the linux screen appeared) What did I miss out or was there something missing from the dwnload??

[#11]

Some more info please. what linux did you download? What wireless chipset it is (or the laptop make/model)

[#12]

copy and paste

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sudo lshw -C network

into a terminal and hit enter, this should fetch up details of you wireless card to make sure the computer recognises it.
you should see something like this...
*-network
      description: Wireless interface
      product: AR5212 802.11abg NIC
      vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
      physical id: 1
      bus info: pci@03:00.0
      logical name: ath0
      version: 01
      serial: 00:11:95:50:be:62
      width: 32 bits
      clock: 33MHz
      capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
      configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath_pci driverversion=0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
If at the bottom it says nothing for the driver version chances are the standard driver isn't installed. If you can update linux with over hard wire in case the driver has been added in a later update then go to system/hardwaredrivers and see if one is available. If not then you need to find the windows drivers to go with it and save it to your PC.
Like HB says we need to know which linux you have installed but you need to install ndiswrapper, this will add a program called wireless devices in you start menu, Run that and point it to the windows drivers file you previously downloaded but make sure you point it to a file that ends in .INF

[#13]

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The EXPORT way didn't work for me, so I t removed the "indicator-appmenu" package - which did work.

It works if you use the correct syntax (echo 'export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=""' > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/81ubuntumenuproxy)

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Either method doesn't sound like an official, supported feature.

$ cat /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80appmenu
if [ -f /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so ]
then
	export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY="libappmenu.so"
fi
$ cat /etc/X11/Xsession.d/81ubuntumenuproxy
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=""

The former enables the Global Menu and loads it as part of the X session.
The latter disables it  (or can be used to disable it for particular applications).

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It's nice to have a script to disable a "feature" - why didn't Ubuntu provide this configuration option? 
Perhaps it's because this menuproxy thing is a last minute hack?
Why should my menu have a proxy - what does it all mean etc...
Will it work in the next version of Ubuntu?
I won't use it anyway, as I shan't be using their Unity desktop. 

[#15]

OK fed up with the external scroll bars now. The patch you posted earlier didn't work (sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar)
Now trying:=
sudo echo "export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0" > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80overlayscrollbars
Which apparently works - not rebooted/logged out yet to try it.