Keith With Linux there is always another way. At our museum we run SL7 for the servers and SL6 for the desktops. EXCEPT, I sneaked in a SL7 Mate Desktop and no one noticed the difference (they are just users). I notice the difference, but then I have weird requirements.
BTW At least you were saved from "Death by PowerPoint/Impress" ;-) Cheers Bill -----Original message----- > From:Keith Lofstrom <kei...@kl-ic.com> > Sent: Tuesday 11th October 2016 18:43 > To: scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov > Subject: Amusing/Sad Gnome3/Wayland story > > Last week, a leader of the Gnome project spoke to our > local Linux user's group. He had a new Lenovo laptop > running Gnome 3 with the Wayland replacement for X. He > could NOT get his HDMI port working with our projector; > that's the first time we've had that problem in years. > > I offered my ancient SL6/Gnome2 laptop, but he demurred > and went without slides. It seems that the Gnomesters > are building another incompatible tool, this one to > replace LibreOffice Impress. > > ---- > > Harrumph. If and when support for SL6 ends, and I must > upgrade my laptop to SL7, I will use MATE. The Gnome > project has lost touch with reality. > > Keith > > ----- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com > ----- > Don't waste your vote in 2016! Give it to the Republicans > and Democrats, and they will gladly waste it for you! > >