I've upgrade to feisty and now I can only get 6 applications even with the workaround...
There's also no "remove from favorites option" sudo aptitude show gnome-main-menu Package: gnome-main-menu New: yes State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 0.6.3~svn20070207-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com> Uncompressed Size: 1528k Depends: libart-2.0-2 (>= 2.3.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.13.1), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1), libc6 (>= 2.5-0ubuntu1), libcairo2 (>= 1.3.12), libdbus-1-3 (>= 0.94), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.72), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0), libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.9), libgnome-desktop-2 (>= 2.11.1), libgnome-keyring0 (>= 0.7.1), libgnome-menu2 (>= 2.15.4), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.14.1), libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.11.1), libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10.3), libgtop2-7 (>= 2.14.2), libhal-storage1, libhal1 (>= 0.5), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libiw28 (>= 28), liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.1), libpanel-applet2-0 (>= 2.17.90), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.15.5), libpopt0 (>= 1.10), libsm6, libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.8-1), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3 (>= 1:4.0.1), libxi6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), libxrandr2, libxrender1, gconf2 (>= 2.12.1-4ubuntu1), gnome-menus, debconf Suggests: network-manager-gnome, beagle, gnome-app-install | synaptic Description: GNOME start menu applet This applet provides a "start menu" for the GNOME desktop. It features a list of favorite applications, and recently used documents. It also integrates with the Beagle search tool to provide search facilities from the start menu. It provides shortcuts for common system administration actions and integrates with network-manager for network status reporting. -- gnome-main-menu only retains 6 favorite applications https://launchpad.net/bugs/82956 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs