[ale] my new Linux home - Mint 13 + Mate

[Ted W]

On 02/02/2013 11:46 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm in the process of installing Mint 13 into a VM.  I think I've found
> my new Linux home for the next 5 years, since I have to upgrade from
> Ubuntu 11.04.  I'm using Mate, so I have the major Gnome 2 features I've
> always liked: an actual menu, panels - including my cpu monitor, min max
> and close icons on the right side of the window, and menus within each
> window.  Since I feel betrayed by Ubuntu's UI fiasco, I now consider
> myself a Mint user, rather than an Ubuntu user, even though the base
> code is from Ubuntu.  It was a nice ride while it lasted.  When, I get
> the time, I'll install this on all my systems.
> 
> Ron
> 

Aside from a few initial pains with Nautilus in Gnome 3.6 and some
issues related to my lack of ability to RTFM sometimes I have been
thoroughly happy running Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome3. If you prefer the
panels there is a plug-in called "Gnome Shell Frippery" that returns
several pieces of the Gnome2 look and feel, enough so that I used it
while I learned the Gnome3 native interface and it felt almost identical
to Gnome2.

</$0.02>
~ Ted