Bug 412533

Summary:	x11-misc/mate-1.2 - a fork of the GNOME 2 desktop environment
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	KinG-InFeT <king.infet>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/mate-desktop
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description KinG-InFeT 2012-04-18 15:23:56 UTC

Description:

Gnome 2 was the most popular Linux desktop but it’s no longer available… MATE is here to provide that same desktop to you :)

Perberos initially forked Gnome 2 and called the project MATE. Users and developers were successful at running MATE in Arch Linux and due to popular demand Perberos made it easier for MATE to compile under Debian.

Stefano-k and myself then joined the project and packaged it for Debian and Linux Mint. The MATE desktop was featured in Linux Mint 12 and is now quickly gaining momentum.

Our top priority is to improve MATE and for it to be on par, in terms of features and stability, with Gnome 2.32. We’ll port themes, applets, and applications which were developed for Gnome 2, and help developers port theirs to this new desktop.

My opinion:

you think you can implement something in portage gel like that? would be nice to return to a GNOME 2.x completely revised and improved.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-05-01 02:28:34 UTC

might be a duplicate of bug #387487

Comment 2 KinG-InFeT 2012-05-02 09:24:53 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 387487 ***