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Subject: Re: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way
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>=20
> o) AFAIK gnome3 is a supported desktop environment under FreeBSD (?).
> Are there, besides KDE which I don't like for personal reasons, any
> reasonable alternatives providing similar features like Gnome?
>=20

Try the port for MATE: its a fork of gnome 2. A few little bits need some tw=
eaking but it works very well and is very stable.

Sincerely

William=