** Description changed:

  #### Expected behaviour
  cinnamon is using a dedicated name, cinnamon-monitors.xml. This doesn't cause 
the file to be overwritten by the display preferences if other desktop 
environment are used on the same distro. If MATE and GNOME followed the same 
approach, the file name would be mate-monitors.xml, and gnome-monitors.xml, 
respectively.
  
  #### Actual behaviour
+ Disclaimer: GNOME's monitors.xml is starting with <monitors version="2">, and 
that MATE's monitors.xml is starting with <monitors version="1">
+ 
  GNOME's monitors.xml:
  
  ```
  <monitors version="2">
    <configuration>
      <migrated/>
      <logicalmonitor>
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
        <primary>yes</primary>
        <monitor>
          <monitorspec>
            <connector>Virtual-1</connector>
            <vendor>???</vendor>
            <product>0x0000</product>
            <serial>0x00000000</serial>
          </monitorspec>
          <mode>
            <width>1600</width>
            <height>900</height>
            <rate>60</rate>
          </mode>
        </monitor>
      </logicalmonitor>
    </configuration>
    <configuration>
      <logicalmonitor>
        <x>0</x>
        <y>0</y>
        <scale>1</scale>
        <primary>yes</primary>
        <monitor>
          <monitorspec>
            <connector>Virtual-1</connector>
            <vendor>unknown</vendor>
            <product>unknown</product>
            <serial>unknown</serial>
          </monitorspec>
          <mode>
            <width>1600</width>
            <height>900</height>
            <rate>60</rate>
          </mode>
        </monitor>
      </logicalmonitor>
    </configuration>
  </monitors>
  ```
  MATE's monitors.xml:
  ```
  <monitors version="1">
    <configuration>
        <clone>no</clone>
        <output name="Virtual-1">
            <vendor>???</vendor>
            <product>0x0000</product>
            <serial>0x00000000</serial>
            <width>1600</width>
            <height>900</height>
            <rate>60</rate>
            <x>0</x>
            <y>0</y>
            <rotation>normal</rotation>
            <reflect_x>no</reflect_x>
            <reflect_y>no</reflect_y>
            <primary>yes</primary>
        </output>
        <output name="Virtual-2">
        </output>
        <output name="Virtual-3">
        </output>
        <output name="Virtual-4">
        </output>
    </configuration>
  </monitors>
  ```
  
  #### Steps to reproduce the behaviour
  Both GNOME and MATE can be installed on the same distro. Both DEs are 
installing "$HOME/.config/monitors.xml" via manually configured display GUI 
preferences:
  * GNOME via `$ gnome-control-center display`
  * MATE via `$ mate-display-properties`
  
  Steps I used to reproduce the issue in Ubuntu 22.04 (as a virtual machine):
  * Log into GNOME
  * Ubuntu comes with GNOME, so install MATE in addition: `sudo apt-get install 
mate-desktop-environment-extras mate-desktop-environment`
  * Run `$ gnome-control-center display`, change the "Resolution" to 1600x900, 
click on the "Apply": This will 1) generate "$HOME/.config/monitors.xml", 2) 
[Screenshot_ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso-clone_2023-07-24_23_43_56](/uploads/dc4ba73ddfae955fcafa948e3a164581/Screenshot_ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso-clone_2023-07-24_23_43_56.png).
 Close the window.
  * Log out from GNOME. From the display manager, log into MATE.
  * As you can see, the [screen resolution (1600x900 configured in GNOME) not 
used by 
MATE](https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-control-center/assets/6416073/adffa08e-cf08-499d-8dc3-9e7800e4d7e9),
 instead a fallback resolution is used.
  * Run `$ mate-display-properties`, just click on the "Apply" button (you 
don't have to click on the "Keep this configuration" button that pop-ups in the 
dialoge-box), it will overwrite "$HOME/.config/monitors.xml"
  * Log out from MATE. From the display manager, log into GNOME.
  * As you can see, 
[Screenshot_ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso-clone_2023-07-24_23_40_11](/uploads/013b2b1abf582caf7e6c4c70733ea5ac/Screenshot_ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso-clone_2023-07-24_23_40_11.png),
 instead a fallback resolution is used.
  
  ## Links to bug reports
  GNOME https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/2919
  MATE https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-control-center/issues/712
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:41.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-43.44~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-43-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Jul 24 01:24:22 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-17 (97 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 
(20220419)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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