“But one should be able to add to right click as well as Open With/SendTo menus,”
Mint does that. But it will only do it with files that those particular options “actually apply to”. Click on an image file and it will give you image app options. Click on a document file and it will give you document app options. Or you can chose a different one other than those if you like from an “other” list. And when it actually applies to something correctly it will indeed give you the “send to” option. If you are not getting that from Manjaro then they did not set it up right as it should be.
“Tried to download it from the main site, but which only provided a 28 kb torrent file, by which I suppose the whole file will download perhaps, but I do not like that. Another source provided a 2.77GB file. Seems rather small to me, but I am using Rufus make a bootable USB of it. “
That is actually HUGE for a Linux Distro. :) Up until the newest versions of Mint it was always less than 2Gb. Some are less than 1 Gb. The one I downloaded yesterday to play with named “Slitaz’ is only 53.4 Mb. So that is correct compared to over 18Gb for Windows 10. Here is the newest version Mint and the “James Madison University” Mirror source has always been reliable for me. It downloads slower to help prevent glitches.
https://linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=319
“Yet the live version worked IIRC.”
Then it may have been the install that glitched. If you leave the external drive plugged in and boot back into the live CD, the live CD will give you the option to go autocheck and repair anything wrong with the target drive’s structure. It is your rescue/repair medium also. :)
Now in Mint Cinnamon you can create and add your own custom menus and items. Manjaro “should” let you do the same? Right click the “Start” menu button and select “configure”, then “menu”, then “open the menu editor”. There you can add what you want and create all the additional custom menus you want. New menus, new items, properties, Etc. Now after you make additional menus you Should be able to open them all at one time by holding down ALT and left clicking the items/menus. Once arranged how you like by dragging it should remember them and keep them like that for you next time. Minimizing/expanding is a factor with this when it comes to multiple items/apps.
https://softhints.com/linux-mint-19-how-to-edit-main-menu/
More customization in QT5 configuration app.
Work spaces:
https://itsfoss.com/workspaces-linux-mint/
More shortcuts:
https://www.reallinuxuser.com/great-keyboard-shortcuts-for-linux-mint-cinnamon/
https://keycombo.info/en/linux_mint_linux/select_multiple_items
Here is a handy default Mint tool that can be set up to open multiple menus at a time:
https://umatechnology.org/linux-mint-how-to-use-hot-corners/
Thanks for all the links. A good thing about posting here is that one can just open a browser, go to FR and sign in, and find pings. Quickest easiest way for such a simple need.
That is actually HUGE for a Linux Distro. :) Up until the newest versions of Mint it was always less than 2Gb.
Puppy is Generally 300 to 800 MB, but linuxmint-22.1-cinnamon-64bit.iso is 2.9GB. and OpenSuse Tumbleweed is 4.5GB.
Download is very fast over Ethernet though, and we all went years on dial-up. I used the free "Trial" AOL for years.