Mate menus

[Pongo A. Pan]

On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 16:31 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 14 July 2012 13:08, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > After experimenting with Mint, I decided to have Ubuntu 12.04 with Mate.
> >

> Reading to the end of the thread, why are you starting with a distro
> that has an integrated desktop that you don't want? That's always
> going to give you multiple redundant apps. This is why we try to tell
> Ric Moore not to install Ubuntu & then add Xfce, but just use Xubuntu.
> :¬)
> 
> If you want a pure Maté environment, then either run a Maté remix, e.g.:
> http://www.notalinux.com/
> 
> Or install Ubuntu Server then add the Maté PPA & install it by hand,
> giving you a pure Maté system with no trace of Unity.
> 
> This would seem much easier to me, & result in a leaner, cleaner OS
> without duplicated apps.

Or just use Linux Mint Mate, which was engineered with mate from the
ground up.  R. Kimber doesn't say what his objection to Mint was after
he "experimented" with it.  Mint is very close to Ubuntu: if you don't
like one, you'll probably not like the other.  L-M Mate looks to me an
awful lot like L-M 8 or 9, i.e. Ubuntu of the same vintage with green
and silver decorations.  If Gnome 2 is what you want...


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pongo pan
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