It features a list of favorite applications, and recently used documents.
It also integrates with the Beagle search tool to provide search facilities from the start menu. It provides shortcuts for common
system administration actions and integrates with network-manager for network status reporting.
I've upgrade to feisty and now I can only get 6 applications even with the workaround...
There's also no "remove from favorites option"
sudo aptitude show gnome-main-menu 07-0ubuntu1
2.5-0ubuntu1) , libcairo2 (>= 1.3.12), libdbus-1-3 (>= 0.94), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.72), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0),
libgconf2- 4 (>= 2.13.5), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.9), libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 2.11.1),
libgnome- keyring0 (>= 0.7.1), libgnome-menu2 (>= 2.15.4), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.14.1), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.11.1),
libgnomeui- 0 (>= 2.17.1), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10.3), libgtop2-7 (>= 2.14.2), libhal-storage1,
libpango1. 0-0 (>= 1.15.5), libpopt0 (>= 1.10), libsm6, libstartup- notification0 (>= 0.8-1), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>
2.12. 1-4ubuntu1) , gnome-menus, debconf manager- gnome, beagle, gnome-app-install | synaptic
Package: gnome-main-menu
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.6.3~svn200702
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 1528k
Depends: libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.13.1), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1), libc6 (>=
libhal1 (>= 0.5), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libiw28 (>= 28), liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.1), libpanel-applet2-0 (>= 2.17.90),
1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxrandr2, libxrender1, gconf2 (>=
Suggests: network-
Description: GNOME start menu applet
This applet provides a "start menu" for the GNOME desktop.
It features a list of favorite applications, and recently used documents.
It also integrates with the Beagle search tool to provide search facilities from the start menu. It provides shortcuts for common
system administration actions and integrates with network-manager for network status reporting.