Use MintMenu In Avant Window Navigator [AWN Applet]

Avant Window Navigator already has some menu applets, but none as good as MintMenu.

But now you can use MintMenu in AWN, thanks to Neelance who maintains a PPA for MintMenu AWN applet which you can install (Ubuntu Lucid and Maverick; should work in Linux Mint) using the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neelance/awn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install awn-mintmenu

You'll also need the regular MintMenu installed (<-- click for installation instructions) to be able to use this!

Then add the MintMenu applet to AWN. If it takes too long for the menu to load, quit AWN and start it again (this is a known issue that occurs sometimes as noted in the PPA description).

A big thanks to Kevin McDole for sending us the tip!

MintMenu With Ubuntu Software Center Patch Available In the WebUpd8 MintMenu PPA

Because this was very requested, today I've uploaded a patch Mint Menu in our MintMenu PPA, which includes a link to the Ubuntu Software Center.

In case you don't know, we maintain a PPA for easily installing MintMenu in Ubuntu. However, the original MintMenu does not include a link to the Ubuntu Software Center (I've named it "Software Center" so the name doesn't get truncated) so the only way to launch USC when using MintMenu was from the command line. But this changes with the patch today (nothing major, just changed 2 lines of code) - as you can see in the screenshot, you can launch Ubuntu Software Center directly from the MintMenu.

I also took this opportunity to upload MintMenu packages for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal so if you're using Natty already, you can already use MintMenu (but I haven't tested it on Natty yet).

To add the WebUpd8 MintMenu PPA and install MintMenu, use the following commands (remember, this PPA is for Ubuntu only, and not for Linux Mint users!):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/mintmenu
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mintmenu

Then right click your Gnome Panel, select "Add to panel" and add MintMenu. If MintMenu doesn't show up on the applets list, try restarting the Gnome Panel(s):

killall gnome-panel

MintMenu is also available in the main WebUpd8 PPA!

Thanks to WebUpd8 reader Joe for the MintMenu patch!

The Best Linux Main Menu

Another week, another poll. This time you can vote for the best Linux (main) menu. I didn't include all the menus out there in the poll, but there are more options than we usually use for our polls. The contenders are: MintMenu, Lancelot, Main Menu (the main GNOME menu), Slab, Menu bar (the Ubuntu default menu), Kickoff, USP (Ubuntu System Panel), GnoMenu, K-Menu and Cardapio.

As usual, you can vote for something not among the default options by choosing "other" and then entering your answer.

You can vote for the best Linux menu below:

Note: I've added MintMenu even though it's a USP fork and Lancelot which I believe is a Slab fork because they are somewhat different.


Don't forget to tell us why you like a certain Linux menu or suggest some other menus, in the comment form below!

Install Linux Mint Main Menu (MintMenu) In Ubuntu From A PPA

MintMenu (which is a fork of Slab) is one of the best Linux main menu's I've seen. We already reviewed it HERE (click for a lot more info and screenshots).

We've decided to pack MintMenu and upload it to its own Launchpad PPA (there are no other packages in the PPA except MintMenu) which you can add using the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/mintmenu && sudo apt-get update

And then install MintMenu in Ubuntu using the following command (Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and 10.04 Lucid Lynx only!):

sudo apt-get install mintmenu

Once you install it, right click on a Gnome panel, select "Add to panel" and then search for and add "MintMenu".

The package in the MintMenu PPA is the latest version which comes with the latest Linux Mint 9 Isadora.

MintMenu is also available in the WebUpd8 PPA - a PPA where all the packages we will be publishing to different PPAs will be copied (except VLC - no more VLC in the WebUpd8 PPA).