[Bio-linux-list] Bio-Linux-list Digest, Vol 22, Issue 2

[Tony Travis]

On 27/04/17 16:04, Maxime GOMMEAUX wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> I don't really have an opinion about Unity. I find this desktop
> convenient and easy to use, but I also liked GNOME when I used it quite
> some time ago. I have very limited experience with MATE (only from the
> live distro-astro) but I guess it would also fulfil my needs!
>
> So I wouldn't mind if the future Bio-Linux uses MATE.

Hi, Maxime.

In fact, MATE is a fork of Gnome 2 and if you used Gnome quite some time
ago then you were probably using Gnome 2.

The reason MATE was forked from Gnome 2 is that the Gnome developers
decided to completely redesign Gnome, but many people don't like the
Gnome 3 they have produced. I've not looked at Gnome 3 seriously until
just recently, because I normally run Bio-Linux on a terminal server or
in a 'cloud' VM using a MATE desktop via "x2go". Gnome 3 is very different.

I compared Ubuntu-Gnome 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu-Mate 16.04 LTS on my laptop
(Intel i5, 8GiB RAM and Radeon graphics).

Thanks for your comments,

  Tony.

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