> Naive question: visually, this looks like all Mints before it. As an Ubuntu and OSX user, I'm not sure I'm liking the 'retro' Linux UI style. If you don't li

> Naive question: visually, this looks like all Mints before it. As an Ubuntu and OSX user, I'm not sure I'm liking the 'retro' Linux UI style. If you don't like the look of MATE, then don't use it. The entire point of MATE is that it is something for people to use if they don't like what self-described UI experts did with GNOME after version 2. Seriously, I'm not kidding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(software)#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATE_(software)#History If you want new, experimental, or 'professional', go look for it elsewhere. (I do not use MATE, GNOME 3, Unity, or KDE.)