From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 06:59:24 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 23074427; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 06:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x22a.google.com (mail-ie0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA42917F0; Wed, 7 Jan 2015 06:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id rd18so2206830iec.1; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:59:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KAuvntsWYH3XdqATXJ8yI8XYoLuSp0Gqlq/S3f+cdbk=; b=KP2F2FLeuk0EKW5wKPRPw2MNtV0h3nNSTpV4df6F70MJIBn5G4G7IXJzmG/oqtV38I sqbsrBPW0ESep49dVBZsszsMDwGBzfYb9KhwLEVFxNOUdUI3qmPVD750hZTdyE9zZN9k lZLqg+LSHjZAf+XmdjT63kArXxkLcKqsDK+ORD7Z/Fhg1ADIk+mqeXoDTD1gc3ZVplzt 7CD307Cp1aJKCfeU2bDarsc0Nl6p2qt7VfppRtbKLPNB9iR6qgS+DRN5y7ZaTjlZvfHG OVSlW3VEPj6OVoKsA+ZVO9IZOrej1Pipz3LGjhC/9s5ASg0LpdqaAf0wUgIF5GXC6Yu5 CtGg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.205.197 with SMTP id fr5mr1709259icb.5.1420613963170; Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:59:23 -0800 (PST) Sender: kob6558@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.52.19 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2015 22:59:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9251A786-9105-4C09-B986-3D2B3ED74F31@firstyear.id.au> References: <9251A786-9105-4C09-B986-3D2B3ED74F31@firstyear.id.au> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 22:59:23 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: SBwdGIYbjOUxc-Nl8t_HPGtOhm4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way From: Kevin Oberman To: William Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "gnome@freebsd.org" , a jenisch , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 06:59:24 -0000 On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:34 AM, William wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > Try the port for MATE: its a fork of gnome 2. A few little bits need some > tweaking but it works very well and is very stable. > > Sincerely > > William > > I'll second this. It is worth noting that Gnome3 was a massive change to Gnome2. It has been slightly less controversial than systemd, but only slightly. I ran into in on a Linux VM and, after playing with it for a pretty short time, ran as fast as I could. It was a pretty simple transition. Some of your old friends have been forked and renamed. Atril was evince, caja was nautilus, mate-terminal was gnome-terminal, engrampa was file-roller, pluma was gedit, etc. The mate home page lists most or all of these. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com