This is interesting and promising: "The official unofficial repository for MATE for EL8.": https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neonman/MATE/ On 9/26/19 8:02 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:> On 9/26/19 2:00 AM, Earl Ramirez wrote: >>> >>> If you want it ... package and build it when building on 8 becomes >>> available via CBS to SIGs. Should be early next week. >> With the new initiative CentOS and Fedora Stream, wouldn't it be easier >> collaborate with Fedora SIGs to bring an updated version of Mate to >> CentOS > > I managed to install F28 MATE packages to CentOS 8, so all is needed is > to recompile those in EPEL. > >> >>> and build whatever you want to build. The question is ,, is someone >>> going to do it. >> >> I am not an expert here, I am very happy with GNOME but if there is >> anyone that will like to kick off the alternate desktop count me in. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > >-- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant
On 10/15/19 10:08 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:> This is interesting and promising: > > "The official unofficial repository for MATE for EL8.": > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neonman/MATE/The previous link is forked repo (I do not know why) and here is original repo: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/> > > > On 9/26/19 8:02 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >> On 9/26/19 2:00 AM, Earl Ramirez wrote: >>>> >>>> If you want it ... package and build it when building on 8 becomes >>>> available via CBS to SIGs. Should be early next week. >>> With the new initiative CentOS and Fedora Stream, wouldn't it be easier >>> collaborate with Fedora SIGs to bring an updated version of Mate to >>> CentOS >> >> I managed to install F28 MATE packages to CentOS 8, so all is needed is >> to recompile those in EPEL. >> >>> >>>> and build whatever you want to build. The question is ,, is someone >>>> going to do it. >>> >>> I am not an expert here, I am very happy with GNOME but if there is >>> anyone that will like to kick off the alternate desktop count me in. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> > >-- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 10:11:50PM +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:> On 10/15/19 10:08 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > This is interesting and promising: > > > > "The official unofficial repository for MATE for EL8.": > > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/neonman/MATE/ > > The previous link is forked repo (I do not know why) and here is > original repo: > https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stenstorp/MATE/Oh good! I'm going to have to try that on my experiemtal C8 VM. I have for the moment given up on it because I can barely navigate my way through Gnome and it became just too painful. Thanks! -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------