Mate menus

[R Kimber]

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:20:36 -0700
Pongo A. Pan wrote:

> Or just use Linux Mint Mate, which was engineered with mate from the
> ground up.  R. Kimber doesn't say what his objection to Mint was after
> he "experimented" with it.  Mint is very close to Ubuntu: if you don't
> like one, you'll probably not like the other.  L-M Mate looks to me an
> awful lot like L-M 8 or 9, i.e. Ubuntu of the same vintage with green
> and silver decorations.  If Gnome 2 is what you want...

The main objection was that Mint recommended a full install with each 6
monthly upgrade.  But I also had some other issues (e.g. with drivers) that
I don't have with Ubuntu.

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
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