> > > I use MATE exclusively. It is a GNOME 2 redezined for Gnome 3 base or > > something like that. It has ALL you need to work as fast as you can, > you > > can even see all your icons in traybar so you can see instantly if > you > > have messages or mail waiting for you, with just a eyeball movement > > without touching the mouse. For CentOS 7.7 it is in EPEL, we are > still > > waiting for CentOS 8 rebuilt (from Fedora 28). > > > > > > Yeah, I know. I use MATE on C7 too. But is this a viable option in the > > long run? I'm going to try GNOME 3 classic once again. I haven't touched > > GNOME 3 since C7 was released. Hopefully some useful features have been > > added since then. I mostly miss workspaces and ability to pin a lot of > > pics and documents to the desktop. > > Yeah, me too. As soon as I tried MATE I switched to it and never came > back to Gnome 3 Shell. > Biggest problems I hade with "Gnome 3 Shell" was it is/was hiding > traybar icons so I had to use a mouse to point to the coner to see if I > reciseved new message or mail. If I am not at PC to hear/see a popup I > have to remember to waste time to check if something new came up. That > and if I remember corectly placing documents on desktops was not possible. > MATE is an active project that I do not belive will die out. > We shall see. I still have a C6 box with GNOME 2. Relaxing. )