[CentOS] Centos 8 Mate?

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Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep, 2019 at 13:41:08 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
>
>> Without wanting to sound too pushy, I'm wondering if there is any
>> update on the status of Mate now that Centos 8 has been released?
>>
>> I would love to jump on C8 and start playing with it, but the lack of
>> Mate is kind of  a showstopper for me at the moment.
>>
> If the availability of a particular desktop environment is a
> showstopper, then perhaps RHEL and CentOS are not the best choice for you.
> RHEL 8 has dropped KDE, never mind Mate. Providing and maintaining

WHAT?!?!?!

I *loathe* gnome, and it just keeps getting more bloated and worse.

When I'm ready to install 8, I'll have to see if icewm is updated for it.

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