I have no idea where the MATE CPU applet comes from. I did a fresh install of Tumbleweed with no desktop and selected MATE from the software install section during the install. I do not have gnome, kde or xfce installed. It is the SW development machine for OpenSUSE TW VirtualBox. This is what got installed for MATE: LLRA:~ # zypper se -si mate Loading repository data... Reading installed packages... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository ---+-----------------------------------------+---------+--------------+--------+------------------------ i | libmate-desktop-2-17 | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmate-menu2 | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmate-panel-applet-4-1 | package | 1.26.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmate-slab0 | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmate-window-settings1 | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmatedict6 | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmatekbd-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmatekbd4 | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmatemixer-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmatemixer0 | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmateweather-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | libmateweather1 | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i+ | mate | pattern | 20170319-5.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-applet-indicator | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-applet-indicator-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-applet-softupd | package | 0.4.8-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-applet-softupd-lang | package | 0.4.8-1.9 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-applets | package | 1.26.1-1.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-applets-lang | package | 1.26.1-1.2 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-backgrounds | package | 1.26.0-2.4 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i+ | mate-backgrounds-lang | package | 1.26.0-2.4 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-control-center | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-control-center-branding-openSUSE | package | 42.1-5.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-control-center-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-desktop | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-desktop-gschemas | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-desktop-gschemas-branding-openSUSE | package | 42.1-5.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-desktop-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-dictionary | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-disk-usage-analyzer | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-icon-theme | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-icon-theme-faenza | package | 1.20.0-1.13 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-media | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-media-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-menu | package | 22.04.2-1.4 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-menu-lang | package | 22.04.2-1.4 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-menus | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-menus-branding-openSUSE | package | 42.1-5.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-menus-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-notification-daemon | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-notification-daemon-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-panel | package | 1.26.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-panel-branding-openSUSE | package | 42.1-5.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-panel-lang | package | 1.26.2-2.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-polkit | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-polkit-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-power-manager | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-power-manager-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-screensaver | package | 1.26.1-1.6 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-screensaver-lang | package | 1.26.1-1.6 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-screenshot | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-search-tool | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-session-manager | package | 1.26.0-2.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-session-manager-branding-openSUSE | package | 42.1-5.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-session-manager-gschemas | package | 1.26.0-2.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-session-manager-lang | package | 1.26.0-2.2 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-settings-daemon | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-settings-daemon-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-system-log | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-system-monitor | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-terminal | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-terminal-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-themes | package | 3.22.23-1.3 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-tweak | package | 22.04.8-2.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-tweak-lang | package | 22.04.8-2.1 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-user-guide | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-user-guide-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-user-share | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-user-share-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.8 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-utils-common-lang | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mate-utils-doc | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | matekbd-common | package | 1.26.0-1.10 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | mateweather-common | package | 1.26.0-1.9 | noarch | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i+ | patterns-mate-mate | package | 20170319-5.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | patterns-mate-mate_admin | package | 20170319-5.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | patterns-mate-mate_basis | package | 20170319-5.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | patterns-mate-mate_internet | package | 20170319-5.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | patterns-mate-mate_utilities | package | 20170319-5.2 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | typelib-1_0-MateMenu-2_0 | package | 1.26.0-1.6 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss i | typelib-1_0-MatePanelApplet-4_0 | package | 1.26.2-2.1 | x86_64 | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss LLRA:~ # m