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[MATE] Finally made something comfortable and useable (f003.backblazeb2.com)
submitted 1 year ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/unixporn@lemmy.ml
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DE: MATE+Compiz
Bar: MATE Panel
Shell: zsh with oh-my-zsh
Terminal: MATE Terminal
Launcher: MATE Compact Menu
Notifications: MATE Notification Daemon
Distro: Fedora 38
Editor: Micro
Font: Fira Code
GTK/Qt Theme: Otis
Icons: Papirus-Nord
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[-] FeralDomestic@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So, tell me about your experience with Mate and why you love it? I'm a very mildly experienced Mint Cinnamon user. I'm considering a switch to LMDE just to get away from Ubuntu base. My machine is fairly beefy, and cinnamon runs like a swiss watch for me. With performance not being a concern, am I missing out on anything by passing on Mate?

Edit: oh shit, also, pretty rice, looks soothing.

[-] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

You're not missing out on too much from MATE. If anything, I found that Cinnamon had more features.

A few reasons I use MATE, though:

  • Freely placeable panel buttons
  • Proxy settings has "Manual" option, so I can use Tor as a system-wide proxy.
  • It doesn't run like ass on my Acer Aspire 5742z, which has 3GB of RAM.
  • The apps that make up the MATE desktop (e.g. Pluma, Caja, Engrampa) have all the bells and whistles. This results in a slightly cluttered-looking UI, but I like it.
  • It works with Compiz, so I can have my windows wobble when I move them and burst into flames when I close them, if I so wish.
  • MATE applications support Wayland, although they're still working on Metacity (the window manager) and a few other components, so it's not quite a Wayland desktop yet.
  • It's a classic. I sometimes like to install the old Ambiance and Humanity themes and pretend I'm using Ubuntu in 2009.
[-] FeralDomestic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the thoughtful response ☺️

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