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tpgbz4z
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 Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject: Please tell Linus Gnome 2 is still around |
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Sorry if I'm late on this and you've already talked about it.
I'm surprised to read (LXF150 November 2011 page 12 Newsbytes) that Linus Torvalds ditched Gnome 3 for Xfce then complained that Xfce is still a step down from Gnome 2.
I use Gnome 2.30.2 on Debian 6. Would someone please tell him it's still available?
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johnhudson
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| For how long? Is there a community of developers willing to spend time on it? Interestingly, KDE3 is still being maintained even though I don't think there is a distro that ships with it - so that may be an option for Gnome 2. |
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M-Saunders
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There's something called the "MATE" project (can't find a proper site for it at the mo) which aims to continue the Gnome 2.x codebase.
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heiowge
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I hear Mint 12 will offer MATE as an option...
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FranBlakes
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| Any news on the MATE project? |
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guy
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| FranBlakes wrote: | | Any news on the MATE project? |
It's in Mint 12 but still a bit rough round the edges. Mint recommend default is a gnome-2-ified gnome 3 layer whose name/acronym I can't remember: gsoh or something 
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