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MATE is fantastic, I've been running it for the last few years. The central feature is that it gives you a desktop with familiar features and idioms; it doesn't
by daniel-thompson 5y ago
MATE is fantastic, I've been running it for the last few years. The central feature is that it gives you a desktop with familiar features and idioms; it doesn't try to "reimagine the experience" or reorganize all the functionality or any of the other stuff that drives me crazy about e.g. Gnome 3. It's the DE for people who want to spend as little time as possible thinking about a DE.
- netizen-936824 5y agoI found tiling was better for "not thinking about my DE" In which I never think about Tue size or placement of my windows. Its mostly automatic and I can swap them between spots with one click. Where with gnome and mate, if I want two windows next to each other I have to putz around d with dragging them to the right snap points
- daniel-thompson 5y agoYou can run i3 with MATE, see https://mattgreer.dev/blog/mate-and-i3/ https://mattgreer.dev/blog/mate-and-i3/
- netizen-936824 5y agoInteresting, thank you!