
The “General Settings” tab allows you to configure the appearance and placement style of desklets. In the “General Settings” tab, you can configure if desklets have a border making them more visible. You can also configure if desklets can be freely positioned on the desktop or if they are snapped to a configurable grid. Click the “Add” icon in the bottom left to enable a selected desklet. You can also click and drag the desklet on your desktop to reposition it. Once you’ve added a desklet to your desktop, you can configure any options that come with the desklet by clicking on the relevant cogwheel icon. Select a desklet that you want to enable, then click the “Add” icon in the bottom-left corner. Once you’ve downloaded the desklets you want to use, switch back to the “Manage” tab. Click on the lightbulb icon to learn more information about a desklet and click the download button to download a desklet. Doing so will ensure you get the latest version of the desklets.
LINUX MINT BATTERY DESKLETS UPDATE
Tip: Click “Yes” if you see an alert asking if you want to update your outdated cache. Regardless, you mentioned that there isn't a way to add Desklets while running Mint 17 under Mate. The Cinnamon in the subject line I edited out and replaced. Once you’ve decided which desklets you want to install, click the respective download buttons on the right-hand side. Yes, I have MATE running on Linux Mint 17. If you want to find out more information about one, select it, and then click on the bottom left’s lightbulb icon. From here, you can then scroll through the list of available desklets.


To download a new desklet, switch to the “Download” tab. Press the Super key, then type “Desklets” and hit enter.

Tip: The “Super” key is the name that many Linux distributions use to refer to the Windows key or the Apple “Command” key while avoiding any risk of trademark issues.
