MATE desktop

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Les Howell <hlhowell at pacbell.net>:

> My wife doesn't like the GNOME3 desktop.  She did like GNOME2, so I have
> found that MATE desktop is a fork of GNOME2.  I have looked at the
> software menu (on x86_64 F19) and see lots of stuff related to MATE.
> What is the key to getting MATE installed and run on a user?  Will the
> GNOME3 version of Evolution, Firefox, etc all run?
>
> If you have installed and used the MATE desktop, please give me your
> opinion.
>

yes, I installed it and liked it. There are some idiosyncrasies but  
overall a good experience. The apps you mention are unaffected as far  
as I can see.

Dave

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