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Text editors need root access to work correctly

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I'm using Ubuntu 13.10, and I have a problem with 3 text editors - Geany, Gedit and Sublime Text.

These 3 editors cannot access most of their menu items, including Open file and Save file.

The only way to access these menu items is to open those editors using root access.

The only editor that seems to work without root access is Adobe Brackets.

I'm not talking about root files, I'm talking about the menu items which are not accessible when just opening the editor (even with no documents open).

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answered 2 Years ago bunsistent · Accepted Answer

Try another Desktop environment, as this is probably a bug in the current Desktop Environment and/or Window Manager that is causing the problem - the most similar would be:

Gnome

Gnome Fallback

MATE

Cinnamon

others possibilities might be:

KDE

LXDE

XFCE

The links I haven given have tips on installation and customization.

For the most similar thing to Unity, use Gnome _{Versions between 3.4 and 3.8 may be best.}:

_{(source: wikimedia.org)}

_{There is a search overview as well, if anything it is better than Unity's}

If you want a Unity - like launcher as well, use the Dash to Dock extension. Other useful things to make it more like Unity would be Dash Hotkeys, and perhaps this.

Extensions are sometimes compatibility only with different versions on Gnome.Shell, you can check, and edit stuff with Gnome Tweak Tool