I was writing my reply under time pressure. I did not export the backend for the whole startup script, rather I opened one program only (mate-settings-daemon) with it and from a subshell. The subshell is to handle any crash such as would occur if the user has to stop and restart x...
He just closes unused apps when he needs to edit video or run Blender. Reply John Scully December 11, 2021 at 6:01 pm Too right, I’ve a M1 MacBook Pro and my wife has a M1 MacBook Air and we have a M1 iMac to pull everything (and that’s a lot) together. ...