[CentOS] Alternative GUI

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?

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