Global application menu is a cinnamon (the desktop environment used by default in linux mint cinnamon edition) applet which allows displaying the application menu on the cinnamon panel, either as a horizontal menu or as a menu button. Install global menu in cinnamon environment section: effects | actuality: unspecified according to numerous requests from users of linux mint cinnamon , linux mint developers have recently created an applet global application menu , which is displayed on the panel and not in the application window .. One of the most requested mate features is the addition of a global menu applet. however, such an applet (called topmenu) already exists though it's not available in any ppa and that prevents many users from installing it. to make it easier to install, i've packed topmenu in a ppa for ubuntu 14.04 (requires using ubuntu mate or upgrading to mate 1.8 via ppa) and 14.10 as well as linux mint 17.
I installed the cinnamon desktop on ubuntu 11.10 64bit but the global menu does not show up. i read that it stills appears and there is a way you can remove it (by uninstalling the menu packages). however, i want the global menu on cinnamon, but it isn't there!. As was mentioned before, all it takes for cinnamon to have a global menu option is for someone to write an applet for it. that's how cinnamon has gotten nearly all its options so far, and how future functionality will be created for it.. I've seen some old threads about this, but no one has actually made an applet or extension for it. being a mac user i've grown to love the global app menu, as seen in unity. i've found cinnamon to be the most polished de while still reta....
