<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>> There is a new Ubuntu variant, called "ubuntuMATE", which has a desktop <br>> based on Gnome 2.<br>> <br>> In reading about it, I got the impression (which may not be correct) <br>> that they are maintaining Gnome 2 (and its libraries).<br><br>It is my understanding from a recent interview (<a href="http://mate-desktop.org/blog/mate-interview-with-linux-luddites/">http://mate-desktop.org/blog/mate-interview-with-linux-luddites/</a>) with Martin Winpress (a contributor to both MATE Desktop and Ubuntu MATE), that MATE is being transitioned to gtk3. Here's a status page: <a href="http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/status:gtk3">http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/status:gtk3</a><br> </div></body> </html>