My request to ubuntu developer team

[Amedee Van Gasse]

On Wed, November 16, 2011 02:54, Liam Proven wrote:

> *But* what has happened is that some volunteers forked GNOME 2.32, the
> last version before GNOME 3. It's now called Mate:
> https://github.com/Perberos/Mate-Desktop-Environment
>
> Because the name has changed, the package names have changed. So, in
> theory, you can have Mate and GNOME  3 installed at once.
>
> And there is a PPA for Mate:
> https://launchpad.net/~amanas/+archive/mate-desktop
>
> So in theory you could install Mate, remove GNOME 3 and Unity and have
> a modern Ubuntu with the classic-GNOME-style desktop.
>
> And who knows, maybe someone will do a remix that includes this?
>
> It's not a trivial task, though. And it is too soon to say if the Mate
> project will be a success, attracte more volunteer developers and
> continue to get updated.

Mate doesn't have a lot of activity. I'm afraid that it's a stillborn child.