Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked
Date	2016-12-28 13:40 +0100
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I've just installed Jessie with Mate DE to a new machine.

On previous installs on other machines, a search icon was present 
on Synaptic's menu bar. It is not there now, what have I done 
differently?

My machine is a laptop whose CD eject button is small and in an 
awkward location. Is there anyway to have Synaptic eject rather 
than unmount the CD when it has finished with it?
[As a side note, I have noticed that some USB flash drives have a 
"safe remove" option, others have only an "eject" option. I would 
prefer USB flash drives to only have an unmount option. Possible?]

As an alternative to the above, is there any way to have Synaptic 
use an external USB connected drive rather than the internal CD? 
The external drive is moderately faster and has a convent eject 
button.

TIA

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Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-28 13:40 +0100
  Re: Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-12-28 14:40 +0100
    Re: Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-28 14:50 +0100
  Re: Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-12-28 18:10 +0100
    Re: Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-12-28 22:50 +0100
    Re: Can Synaptic when used with Mate be tweaked Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-12-28 21:20 +0100

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