[CentOS] upgrade or install to Centos 7.4.1708

[Fred Smith]

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:18:15AM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:40:52 +0000
> Richard wrote:
> 
> > The mate-gtk2/3 issue effects windows/menus/scrollbars and the like,
> > not the login screen. See:
> > 
> > <https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2017-August/165955.html>
> > 
> > for that issue. I switched to the Adwaita theme, as suggested there.
> 
> Clearlooks-phenix also works fine with the latest C7/Mate and looks more like a "traditional" Gnome 2 desktop.
> 
> yum install clearlooks-phenix-gtk2-theme clearlooks-phenix-gtk3-theme
> 
> Go to the look and feel preferences setting on your desktop and select Clearlooks-phenix from the list.
> 
> And afterward you can
> 
> yum remove mate-themes
> 
> if you want because it's not needed any more.

Hey Frank, thanks for that pointer. I don't particularly care for
the adwaita theme, the phenix theme is much more to my liking.

Fred
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