The ideal solution would also prevent the entries from being displayed when the component or package is:
- Re-installed on top of one currently installed
Upgraded to a newer version
Guidance conducted without success. Have I missed something?archibald haddock wrote:Copy the *.desktop files of the applications you don't want to have display in the menu to ~/.local/share/applications and...
add the line "Hidden=true" in them.
Is the source of this advice known? (Documentation etc) It might assist further investigation to be able to verify that the advice lists the correct actions and also identify any additional options or requirements.archibald haddock wrote:I must say, that I have never used that and just copied this info form the given link.
This may well be a workable option but may not be suitable for my purpose. Ultimately, maintanance will be required for multiple machines used randomly by multiple users of the LAN. Manually creating and maintaining individual configurations will quickly become unfeasible.archibald haddock wrote:Another easy way and probably "more" secure would be to move all the applications a normal user should not have away from /usr/share/applications and copy them to the folders of the people, they should have them.