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

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Ted W <ted at techmachine.net> wrote:

>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

Hi Ted,

It's good to know that I could go with Ubuntu if I had to.  I'm pretty committed to trying Mint / Mate at this point.  Even if I stuck with Ubuntu, I'd probably have to do a clean install rather than an upgrade.  From running Mint in a VM thus far, I like it pretty well.  We'll see how it goes going forward.

Sincerely,

Ron



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