[CentOS] Alternative GUI

[Mark LaPierre]

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.

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