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My new work (a government research lab) has some strict policy (no installing own OS) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 on the desktop workstations. And the RHEL
by sampo 12y ago
My new work (a government research lab) has some strict policy (no installing own OS) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 on the desktop workstations. And the RHEL 6.5 has Gnome 2. So I was thrown back in time to the long lost paradise (since 2011) that is Gnome 2. It brought back memories, and now that I again use it, I must say that Gnome 2 is not bad at all.
On my laptop I use Xubuntu (Xfce desktop), and I also must say that modern Xfce is better at the Gnome 2 thing, than Gnome 2.
- alxmdev 12y agoI enjoyed Gnome 2 as well, back on Debian 5 and 6. Did you try MATE (http://mate-desktop.org/ http://mate-desktop.org/)? It's an active fork of Gnome 2.
- sampo 12y agoI like my panels vertical, and looks like [1] MATE has inherited this bug from Gnome 2, that window buttons go crazy if the panel is vertical, and there are more than 8 windows open. Gnome 2 never fixed this bug, and apparently is still exists in MATE, too. Anyway, I think Xfce is better. [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1351825 https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1351825
- currysausage 12y ago> I also must say that modern Xfce is better at the Gnome 2 thing, than Gnome 2. Gnome 2 is wonderful when configured, but yes, some interactions (like moving toolbar elements around) are pretty awkward by 2015 standards. That being said, RHEL 6 with Gnome 2 is a great choice for older, less performant systems that you configure once and don't touch frequently. Or for replacing XP on Grandpa's old ThinkPad...
- rdtsc 12y agoRHEL 6.5's Desktop is kind of like a hidden feature. Most deployments I would guess are probably server. But yeah US Govt love them some Redhat Desktop systems. Enable that multi-level SELinux mode and go to town.
- digi_owl 12y agoand those USG contracts seems to be in part what is driving the multi-seat push...