Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:49:34 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome2 -> Gnome3 - no way Message-ID: <20150107164934.e0f45beb.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20150107153505.GB26903@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <CAPeCvyLiYDETAoQ3C4Cmbn9UcuxOxy3n9y3Jy%2B6rSBCfCL-S_Q@mail.gmail.com> <63179.128.135.70.2.1420560731.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20150107153505.GB26903@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 16:35:05 +0100, Ewald Jenisch wrote: > Thanks much for the info wrt Gnome3. Taking a look at the screenshots > for Gnome3 vs. mate the decision was clear for me: Mate. > > I did a "pkg install mate" today and after upgrading the rest of my > packages to latest versions mate is running and from what I've seen so > far it's exactly the kind of thing I was looking for. You were right > - it's a desktop environment for working not an eye candy ;-) I'd like to ask two questions: 1. Is automounting working, either with HAL/DBUS or with automounter from ports? 2. Is there support for german language? If both can be answered with "yes", it's probably a good choice to recommend the use of Mate for german users who want something stable and usable. While I have been "solving" this problem with a "normal" Gnome 2 installation in the past, it feels buggy and tends to dissolve over time... :-( -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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