How to clean up my "other" menu

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    basily

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    Hello,

    I am running Linpus (among other things) on my AAO. I have installed a number of applications and removed some of them later. When I right-click on my desktop to get the menu, under "Other" I have a loooooong list of items. I am wondering how can I clean up this menu? Specifically the "other" menu, but also all the others...

    Thanks for your help.

    Basil
     
    basily, Dec 27, 2009
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    Darryl

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    Type this in terminal
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    sudo yum clean all
    :)
     
    Darryl, Dec 28, 2009
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    basily

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    Well, I tried that and for some reason I feel cleaer, but my menus remain the same. ;) What files do I need to edit to change what appears in these menus?
     
    basily, Dec 28, 2009
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    Well it really depends on what other packages you installed.
    If you installed wine and then some Windows apps, those desktop files are in ~/.local/share/applications.
    If you installed KDE well then those would be/couldbe in a couple of different spots like:
    /usr/share/applications/kde
    /usr/local/share/applications/kde
    /opt/kdeX/share/applications/kde

    It really depends on what you installed.
     
    subsonic, Dec 29, 2009
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    Thanks, that helped some, but the list under the "Other" menu is still huge. Is there some tutorial somewhere that talks about how this menu is built up?
     
    basily, Dec 29, 2009
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