[ale] I really incredibly exponentially hate ubuntu unity

[Jim Lynch]

On 05/15/2012 03:36 PM, Sparr wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Jim Lynch
> <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>  wrote:
>>> switching distros to get a
>>> new desktop just seems absurd to me.
>> Unless that's the only way to get the desktop you want.
> Is there any common instance of that situation in linux/unix land? I
> assume we aren't talking about switching to OSX or Windows to get
> their DEs.
>
Just thinking that if you want Mate, for instance, it's easier to get it 
via installing Mint.  I'm sure it would work on other distros, but 
perhaps not without recompiling.

JIm.