On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Les Howell <hlhow...@pacbell.net> wrote: > 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.
I couldn't get GNOME3 working with dual monitors on my laptop ( https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2013-July/438593.html ), so I gave MATE a try and it worked just fine. It basically felt just like GNOME2 (which makes sense since is just a fork of it) and I didn't have any issues with it. This article ( http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/installing-the-mate-and-cinnamon-desktops-on-fedora-18/ ) recommends using the net install for "best results" and that probably is the recommended way to go, but I did it as a post install addition and it worked just fine. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
