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mrnhmath

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Registered: 2019-05-31

Posts: 23  

Re: Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment

The name is staying, as I've said before I don't have reasons to worry about legal implications since:

1. I don't live in the US, neither does my hosting;

2. I'll not be profiteering from the project;

3. This likely wouldn't get in any distro repositories even if it had a different name;

and last but not least important 4. it's a funny, silly pun on IBM's past and present products. Let them bicker about branding and identity as they have done for years, we don't need to do the same since GNOME/2 Is Not GNOME.

brocashelm

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Registered: 2020-06-29

Posts: 158  

Re: Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment

Any updates on this?

All the GitHub URLs still point to a 404 page, which means either you forgot to point us to the active repository or this project is dead. What a shame... Especially in the wake of all this XLibre stuff.

Will continue to just use Xfce 4.12 (GTK2) until I'm finally done with all technology...

zapper

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Registered: 2017-05-29

Posts: 1,100  

Re: Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment

It would be nice if Mate didn't require all that garbage to use. dbus and polkit as examples.

I don't trust all that redhatware which is why I tend to stick with jwm.

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GNUser

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Registered: 2017-03-16

Posts: 574  

Re: Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment

Will continue to just use Xfce 4.12 (GTK2) until I'm finally done with all technology...

Hi, brocashelm. I feel your frustration. I also wish I could just be done with all of it, but unfortunately I don't think this is a realistic option for most people. As complex/proprietary/privacy-disrespecting software wraps its tentacles around more and more facets of daily life, I confess that I find myself becoming more and more jealous of the Amish.

One obvious way to make GNU/Linux suck less is to use only FOSS. Another way is to not use any Desktop Environment at all--to use your own selection of smaller, modular applications instead.

I am a former MATE user but now I just use Fluxbox + xfe file manager (in my X environment) or labwc + sfwbar + xfe (in my wayland environment). It takes some work to make such a spartan environment comfortable but, once it's configured, it's very satisfying to use, simpler to understand, and very difficult to break.

Last edited by GNUser (2025-07-21 19:20:19)

zapper

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Registered: 2017-05-29

Posts: 1,100  

Re: Announcement of the OpenMATE desktop environment

@GNUser I myself like JWM, because it is an ultra lightweight window manager and has most of the features people desire in a window manager without excessive bloat.

Uses  very little cpu power too.

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