On Tue, 24 Sep, 2019 at 16:29:41 -0400, mark wrote:
> Liam O'Toole wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Sep, 2019 at 13:41:08 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> >
> >> Without wanting to sound too pushy, I'm wondering if there is any
> >> update on the status of Mate now that Centos 8 has been released?
> >>
> >> I would love to jump on C8 and start playing with it, but the lack of
> >> Mate is kind of a showstopper for me at the moment.
> >>
> > If the availability of a particular desktop environment is a
> > showstopper, then perhaps RHEL and CentOS are not the best choice for you.
> > RHEL 8 has dropped KDE, never mind Mate. Providing and maintaining
>
> WHAT?!?!?!
>
> I *loathe* gnome, and it just keeps getting more bloated and worse.
>
> When I'm ready to install 8, I'll have to see if icewm is updated for it.
>
Please do not quote me selectively. I wrote:
> If the availability of a particular desktop environment is a
> showstopper, then perhaps RHEL and CentOS are not the best choice for
> you. RHEL 8 has dropped KDE, never mind Mate. Providing and maintaining
> alternative desktop environments over the (long) life cycle of CentOS 8
> will require a sustained effort by volunteers over many years. I
> wouldn't count on $PREFERRED_DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT continuing to be
> available over that time frame.
If your $PREFERRED_DESKTOP_ENVIRONMENT is icewm, then the above still
applies.
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