On 09/29/2016 07:25 PM, Greg Bailey wrote: > 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. Same here however with the my latest system build I set one account up to use GNOME 3 and it definitely has considerably improved since when CentOS 7 first shipped. MATE is still better IMHO but I now have some hope for GNOME 3. Still feels like it is trying to be a tablet OS but not quite as much. I still couldn't figure out how to do things like get green text on black background in the Terminal (easy in Mate) or get the Applications menu with submenus - but it was easier to use than what initially shipped. -- -=- Sent my from my laptop, may not be able to respond timely