[ubuntu-studio-users] Ubuntu Studio and Mate

[Ralf Mardorf]

I'm using Ubuntu Studio and Arch Linux with Xfce. On Arch I tried to
install Mate, but regarding to it's insane hard dependencies and a
conflict with file-roller, I dropped installing it. There's completely
no valid reason to make pulseaudio and gvfs hard dependencies and to
force the user to drop file-roller. This perhaps isn't an issue for you,
but at least risky for users, who want to be able to customize their
Linux to their needs. I try not to install software that force me to
install something as a hard dependency that should be an optional
dependency and a conflict with an often used app IMO is intolerable.

IOW you risk to make your Linux less easy to customize to your needs, if
you install Mate.

Regards,
Ralf