On 27/07/15 00:59, dgr...@ieee.org wrote: > > Gnome is no longer a pleasing desktop, hence Mate. > Why did Gnome become something one would not like to have in the home?
I didn't like GNOME 3 Shell much in the beginning. But I actually gave it a fair chance, and tried to learn the new ways of doing things. And to my biggest surprise, I do like it far better than the alternatives. In my most GNOME annoyed moment, I also did try XFCE, KDE and Cinnamon (gave each at least a week of usage, aiming for minimum 2 weeks) But when I came back to GNOME 3, I added a few extensions and then I began to get satisfied. The tweaks I usually ensure I have installed and enabled are: Alternatetab Applications menu Impatience Launch new instance No topleft hot corner Pixel saver or Maximus Two Nice to have extensions: Alternative status menu Native window placement Places status indicator Recent items Window Buttons (when using Maximus Two) If you miss the list of open windows, there is the 'Window list' extension which gives you exactly that. With this, I am actually working far more efficient than I did before. But it took a little while to get used to it. Nowadays I cannot imagine using anything else than GNOME 3. For the MATE approach, I find that clinging to old technology is the wrong approach. Then I think Cinnamon actually have taken the right step. Use the new technology to present things differently on the screen. If you want the true GNOME 2 experience, then SL 6 is the alternative. But that's my opinion. -- kind regards,
