How improve interface of Application Manager?

[Dan-cer]

Whenever I look for a particular program in the application manager, a window opens where I can click on Install or Remove. Unfortunately, the description is ALWAYS unreadable unless I have extended the window to the bottom. There is far too much space for a program image above it. I have found this unusually poor display for LM standard since the upgrade to 21.3. Before that everything was fine. How can I improve this? Here is a screenshot:

[Hoser Rob]

It may have to do with how it interacts with your hardware, paste the complete text output of

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inxi -Fxxxpmrz

run in the terminal. Wrap it in <code> tags.

[xenopeek]

No, it's just the default window size.

[billyswong]

Unfortunately, the description is ALWAYS unreadable unless I have extended the window to the bottom. There is far too much space for a program image above it.

You don't need to extend the window. You can scroll down. The bad trend of scrollbar auto-hiding is another matter. But one can always disable that in Cinnamon.

[Dan-cer]

Thank you!

[tonywhelan]

You don't need to extend the window. You can scroll down. The bad trend of scrollbar auto-hiding is another matter. But one can always disable that in Cinnamon.

Though even with scrollbar autohide disabled, the default scroll bars are too thin and not well-contrasted, in my opinion.

This post allows you to set wider, coloured scrollbars: viewtopic.php?t=406961

[vimes666]

Yes there is a way to change the layout a bit (do this at your own risk, the universe may collapse or even your pc).

1. Edit mintinstall.py

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xed admin:///usr/lib/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.py

Search for the number 351 and change it to 251. (you should find it twice)
Save the file.

2. Edit mintinstall.glade

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xed admin:///usr/share/linuxmint/mintinstall/mintinstall.glade

Search for the number 351 and change it to 251.
Save the file.

Restart the application manager.

The illustration of the package should now take a bit less room, making the description more visible.

[Dan-cer]

It may have to do with how it interacts with your hardware, paste the complete text output of

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inxi -Fxxxpmrz

run in the terminal. Wrap it in <code> tags.

Yesterday the internet was down, so I could only post the desired output now:

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inxi -Fxxxpmrz
System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-25-generic x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4
    tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 3060
    v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis:
    type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 04Y8V0 v: A02
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell v: 1.18.0
    date: 03/22/2022
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.04 GiB used: 3.47 GiB (11.2%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run
    dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: 6-core model: Intel Core i5-8400 bits: 64
    type: MCP smt: <unsupported> arch: Coffee Lake
    rev: A cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB L3: 9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2824 high: 3607
    min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 2943 2: 800 3: 3204
    4: 3607 5: 3442 6: 2951 bogomips: 33599
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3
    sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics
  630]
    vendor: Dell CometLake-S driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e92
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver:
    gpu: i915 note:  X driver n/a display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96
    s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1 mapped: HDMI-A-1
    model: AOC 27B1 serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
    diag: 686mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  OpenGL:
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.5.0-25-generic
    running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1
    running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express
    Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9271 802.11n
    type: USB driver: ath9k_htc bus-ID: 1-10:4
    chip-ID: 0cf3:9271 class-ID: ff00
    serial: <filter>
  IF: wlx14cc2013a10a state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 715.41 GiB
    used: 334.57 GiB (46.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung
    model: PM981 NVMe 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: EXA73D1Q temp: 25.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Apacer
    model: AS350 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 3PE0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 59.58 GiB used: 31.54 GiB (52.9%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB
    used: 38 MiB (39.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 316.81 GiB
    used: 115.08 GiB (36.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
  ID-4: /mnt/38C2D18BC2D14E2E size: 130.21 GiB
    used: 91.54 GiB (70.3%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-5: /mnt/Backup size: 91.3 GiB
    used: 39.91 GiB (43.7%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
  ID-6: /mnt/Musik size: 108.25 GiB
    used: 56.47 GiB (52.2%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 1.81 GiB
    used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C pch: 45.0 C
    mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 3019
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list
    1: deb http://repo.astian.org midori main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jonmagon-crow-translate-jammy.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/jonmagon-crow-translate-jammy.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/jonmagon/crow-translate/ubuntu jammy main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
    1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/meganz-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/xUbuntu_22.04/ ./
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http://linux-mint.froonix.org virginia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
    1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
Info:
  Processes: 291 Uptime: 1h 24m wakeups: 0
  Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13