From below:
If you like the RH user interface, just get the gnome-session-flashback
package. It's a slightly updated gnome-2 environment.
End excerpt.
Ubuntu has many window management user interfaces. If one likes Gnome
2, also consider MATE that is available and works under LTS (the
"enterprise" version of Ubuntu).
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I use MATE rather than any of the default current Ubuntu GUI desktops.
On 2/4/21 4:13 PM, Arthur H. Edwards wrote:
I don't know how welcome this point of view is, but, here goes.
I started on RH 4.1, back before kernel modules, before ppp was part of the
kernel, etc (1997). After a brief detour to suse, I changed to Debian and
stayed there for ten years. The package management system is way cleaner than
RH, and the system organization is also simpler. I left Debian for Ubuntu as
soon as I new about it because I got tired of debating how many GPL-licensed
angels could dance on the head of a pin. Ubuntu has been great-- aside from
some temporary interface issues. The only reasons I have used SL, or any other
RH derivative recently, were workplace requirements. Ubuntu has encryption
capabilities that require licenses, and we are fighting that fight right now..
Ubuntu is, basically, Debian. The package vocabulary is WAY bigger than any set
of RH repositories. In fact, I just don't understand why SL is called
scientific when Ubuntu is not. There is a huge set of technical packages in
standard Ubuntu. Make the leap as soon as you can. If there is no internal
resistance, do it today. You will not regret it. If you like the RH user
interface, just get the gnome-session-flashback package. It's a slightly
updated gnome-2 environment. I still use it.
Art Edwards
