On 10/17/19 4:08 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
On 9/24/19 2:41 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
Without wanting to sound too pushy, I'm wondering if there is any update on the status of Mate now that Centos 8 has been released?
I would love to jump on C8 and start playing with it, but the lack of Mate is kind of a showstopper for me at the moment.
Is gnome3 really that bad :D
Yes, it is.
My main reason is this (it has to do with me starting with Windows 3.1 and those functionalities are in Windows even today I have to use and support at work): 1. All tray icons are visible so I can see if message or mail comes without need to move more then eyeball. 2. I can put icon on a desktop, document or link to app. 3. I can easily see all open apps and swith to them using mouse 4. I can put links to panel in top/bottom of the screen, visible and easily accessible. 5. I want easily visible and accessible multiple workspaces I can switch to. I like separate opened apps several per workspace custered for a specifig (simultanious) job/task, Firefox in one Krusader in another, VM i third, something else in forth...Then I can switch between apps IN THAT workspace, I do not have to choose from dozes of windows (like with Alt+Tab)
If Gnome 3 (Classic) can be configured to do such things in one go (chosing a theme "Gnome 2") I would switch to it.
I decided to just bite the bullet and shift to real gnome3 (and not the classic) about 4 years ago. It waas different and took some time to learn .. BUT .. I can do everything I need to do now.
I like both mate and cinnamon .. so I am not knocking either one. I just think people might be well server switching to a 'supported' desktop in the longer run.
Again .. don't get me wrong .. it's open source, so do what makes you happy :D
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos