On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 16:47 +0300, Alex Moonshine wrote: >> >> I'm using MATE right now and it's good, but from the perspective >> viewpoint, I'd stick with XFCE. > > MATE from upstream does conflict with other software. This isn't good, > it's the most worse I can imagine and likely the reason that distros > aren't interested to add it to official repositories. MATE is the only > software I know available for Linux, that does conflict with common > software.
MATE can be installed alongside other DEs on Fedora so I'm not at all convinced by this MATE-conflicts-with-"common-software" meme! Soneone said upthread that MATE uses GTK2. AFAIK it's being transitioned to GTK3 so it'll then be less of a burden to package it for Debian. [WARNING: The following is not based on having used either so my unfamiliarity with their respective UIs might be showing!] AIUI, MATE is a redo of GNOME 2 using GTK2 and Cinnamon a redo of GNOME 2 using GTK3. Will they merge at some point? Or have their interpretation and evolution of the GNOME 2 UI diverged enough for them to keep on co-existing? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Sw8DHGGZiRLJ4M94=zg1o1BGVe9kvpCJRx8KP-nPYSy=q...@mail.gmail.com
