On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 07:38:41PM -0600, Jim Perrin wrote: > > > On 03/05/2014 05:52 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > RH seems, in their wisdom, to have settled on Gnome3 or KDE. As far as I > > can see, they aren't offering any other desktop environments. > > > > I can't stand Gnome3, and don't care a whole lot for KDE 4.x, though it > > doesn't irritate me the way Gnome 3 does. > > > > Given the new relationship between RH and Centos, are their any new > > possibilities of including (or offering as extras) things like Mate > > or Cinnamon? > > Possibly. We had done a spin of XFCE in the past, and we may do so again > as well. What I'd very much like to see is a "Desktop SIG" around > exactly this sort of thing. I'd like to see Mate, or XFCE spun up and > included as a T1 repo that folks can add. This may happen within EPEL, > but if not, it would be very nice for someone in the community to spin up. > > > > Or will I need to roll my own (or bring 'em in from Fedora) ?? > > > Would you consider contributing to a Desktop SIG? It's possible. But I haven't a clue what's involved,... is it documented somewhere? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------