MATE Desktop

[Ryan Gauger]

On Jul 24, 2012, at 9:22 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22 July 2012 21:12, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
>> On 2012-07-21, Liam Proven wrote:
>> 
>>> On 20 July 2012 19:24, Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Are there any plans to offer an option for the MATE desktop at the
>>>> system install in future versions of Ubuntu?
>>> 
>>> No. Ubuntu has never offered a choice of desktops in the main distro &
>>> I doubt it ever will.
>> 
>> What do you mean by "in the main distro"?  I have what I think of as
>> the main distro & packages are available to run GNOME 3, GNOME
>> Classic, XFCE, &c.
>> 
>> I'm using GNOME Classic and I didn't find it difficult to add,
>> although it wasn't installed by default.
> 
> Your last line answers the question in your first.
> 
> When you install Ubuntu, it does not ask you what desktop you want. By
> comparison, other distribution, such as SUSE, Mandriva or Debian, do.
> 
> Only 1 desktop comes on the Ubuntu CD. Others must be downloaded &
> installed. The same is true of all the remixes, too.
> 
> 
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That's not correct; two desktops come installed with Ubuntu by default: Unity 2d and 3d.

---Ryan