A couple days ago, I wrote this guide for setting up the Mutiny layout on Debian + MATE. Understanding that this layout was changed slightly in 21.04, I wanted to configure it as it appeared in 16.04, closest to actual Unity.
TOP PANEL
This consists of the following applets, left to right:
- Window Buttons Applet
- Install the mate-window-menu-applet, mate-window-title-applet and mate-window-buttons-applet packages.
- After adding the window buttons applet to the panel, open the applet settings and set the spacing, padding and behavior of your choice.
- Global Application Menu
- Install the mate-applet-appmenu package.
- To enable the global menu, please follow the instructions at the bottom of this link: https://www.linux.org/threads/global-menu-mate.27050/
- Ayatana Indicators
- Please follow the instructions at this link: [MATE Desktop} How to install Ayatana Indicators - Debian User Forums
PANEL
This consists of the following applets, top to bottom:
- Brisk Menu
- Use dconf editor to set this to window-type/'dash'. The icon is a custom one I downloaded off DeviantArt, intended to resemble the Unity BFB.
- Dock
- Install the mate-dock-applet package, then drag/drop applications to it.
- Trash
- NOTE: I set Panel Properties to Autohide and Size 58, to better match the Brisk Menu and docked application icon sizes.
MATE TWEAK
- Install the mate-netbook and mate-netbook-common packages.
- In the Windows section, select "Undecorate maximized windows" and put your window control placement to the left.
NOTE: If any features are not working correctly, either logout/login or reboot.