Due to some issues with my previous Mint 15 installation using the Cinnamon desktop I decided to do a fresh installation of Linux Mint 15 MATE. That way I could make use of the new LUKS manager in the Mint installation and get rid of the eCryptFS home directory encryption which too caused issues.
The MATE edition is really nice and is pretty much unchanged to a much earlier version of Mint I fell in love with. The fantastic "start menu" is still in there, all the GNOME goodness still works as I'm used to and it feels like a Desktop written for a computer instead of trying to serve multiple purposes.
One problem however is the power manageent. I don't like it when the screen dims down just because I pull the power cable. The standard Mint Power manager doesn't offer any options regarding that issue and I really didn't fancy going down to the command line level on this one.
Instead I've installed the XFCE4 power manager which integrates seamlessly. More importantly however it allows for much more detailed settings on how the notebook should behave in different modes.
To install it on your Mint Linux box use the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y xfce4-power-manager
Afterward find it or call it from the console using the same name as above in the installation command.
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