Hey All,
I'm considering moving from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7. I'm not interested in
dealing with Gnome 3. I've heard good things about Mate, a fork of
Gnome 2. it appears that Mate is available in the EPEL repository
associated with CentOS 7.
Have any of you tried Mate on CentOS 7? In your experienced opinion
what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate instead?
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On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 07:25:54PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Hey All, > > I'm considering moving from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7. I'm not interested in > dealing with Gnome 3. I've heard good things about Mate, a fork of > Gnome 2. it appears that Mate is available in the EPEL repository > associated with CentOS 7. > > Have any of you tried Mate on CentOS 7? In your experienced opinion > what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate instead?I'm using Mate on several C7 systems. The only issue is that now I dont have to try to use that horrid Gnome thing they've inflicted on us! :) -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------
On 09/29/2016 06:41 PM, Fred Smith wrote:> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 07:25:54PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> Hey All, >> >> I'm considering moving from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7. I'm not interested in >> dealing with Gnome 3. I've heard good things about Mate, a fork of >> Gnome 2. it appears that Mate is available in the EPEL repository >> associated with CentOS 7. >> >> Have any of you tried Mate on CentOS 7? In your experienced opinion >> what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate instead? > I'm using Mate on several C7 systems. The only issue is that now I > dont have to try to use that horrid Gnome thing they've inflicted on us! :) >I also run MATE on CentOS 7, for the same reasons. Only additional thing I did was to install the "nux" repo, along with the infinality font rpms, which drastically improved font rendering. For some reason, the default C7 desktop never looked as good as the default C6 desktop until I installed: fontconfig-infinality-1-20120615_1.noarch freetype-infinality-2.4.12-2.20130514_01.el7.nux.1.x86_64 -Greg
The mate desktop is very good! On Sep 29, 2016 8:41 PM, "Fred Smith" <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 07:25:54PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote: > > Hey All, > > > > I'm considering moving from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7. I'm not interested in > > dealing with Gnome 3. I've heard good things about Mate, a fork of > > Gnome 2. it appears that Mate is available in the EPEL repository > > associated with CentOS 7. > > > > Have any of you tried Mate on CentOS 7? In your experienced opinion > > what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate > instead? > > I'm using Mate on several C7 systems. The only issue is that now I > dont have to try to use that horrid Gnome thing they've inflicted on us! :) > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us > ----------------------------- > The Lord is like a strong tower. > Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. > --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) > ----------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
> On Sep 28, 2016, at 17:25, Mark LaPierre <marklapier at gmail.com> wrote: > > In your experienced opinion > what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate instead?Giving up? A vast number of annoyances. Make the leap.
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Mark LaPierre > Sent: den 29 september 2016 01:26 > To: Mail List CentOS Users <centos at centos.org>; Mark LaPierre > <marklapier at aol.com> > Subject: [CentOS] Alternative GUI > > I'm considering moving from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7. I'm not interested in > dealing with Gnome 3. I've heard good things about Mate, a fork of > Gnome 2. it appears that Mate is available in the EPEL repository > associated with CentOS 7. > > Have any of you tried Mate on CentOS 7? In your experienced opinion > what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate > instead?Yupp, I have. First thing I did after C7-installation was to install the complete Mate-shebang. FWIW, I installed Ubuntu-Mate on my backup-laptop. You're giving up a lot of grief and irritation when not finding stuff you've used for like ten years and having to relearn yet other things. It's just not worth the hassle IMO. I'm yet to miss anything Gnome 3 has to offer. Gnome 3 might be good for some people, for others like me it's just a waste of time relearning stuff that worked just fine before Gnome 3. -- //Sorin
On 09/28/16 19:25, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Hey All, > > I'm considering moving from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7. I'm not interested in > dealing with Gnome 3. I've heard good things about Mate, a fork of > Gnome 2. it appears that Mate is available in the EPEL repository > associated with CentOS 7. > > Have any of you tried Mate on CentOS 7? In your experienced opinion > what would I be giving up by abandoning Gnome 3 and installing Mate instead? >You know, after I posted the original question I thought, Oh No! I've just started a flame war, but I'm glad to see that was not the case. It appears that everyone who responded is in general agreement on the subject. Greg Bailey even came up with a helpful hint on improving the font rendering on the desktop. Thank you all for your input. -- _ ?v? /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ ****
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