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screenshot from a kali vm, but also occurs in debian
http://i.imgur.com/CB3T27f.png

as you can see there is too many items in the other menu. this is using a default install on debian or kali. is there a way to leave out system utilities such as the shells? also many items are in other menus such as office or accessories and do not need to be in other. i tried lxmed but it did not help with the desired result.

Open /usr/share/applications and /usr/local/share/applications as root. These are most of the desktop files that are in your computer. To appear on the menu an app has to have a desktop file. So if you do not want some app on the menu, delete its desktop file. Or if you want to be less forceful, edit the desktop file by adding the line: . You can do this by using lxmed if you like. The other category is a special category for listing all your applications. As such you should leave it as is. http://lxlinux.com/