Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?
On 13/08/2015, Umarzuki Mochlis <umarzuki@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had to use xfce on my old T43 although Mate would be closer to Gnome.
>
>
> Original Message
> From: Bret Busby
> Sent: Thursday, 13 August 2015 11:38
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Debian Gnome Or XFCE ?
>
> On 13/08/2015, Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:38:19 -0400 (EDT), Patrick Bartek wrote:
>>>
>>> I've never used GNOME 3. It won't fully run on any of my systems since
>>> none don't have 3D capability. So, it goes into "fallback" mode.
>>
>> I assume you meant to say "none have 3D capability".
>>
>> When GNOME 3 first came out, it had a "fallback mode" for systems without
>> 3D graphics acceleration capability. "Fallback mode" was essentially the
>> GNOME 2 interface. I continued to use GNOME 3 in fallback mode for a
>> while. Changing desktops is a lot of work, and I'm lazy. But eventually,
>> GNOME 3 eliminated fallback mode. At that point, GNOME 3 became totally
>> unusable for me. I have at least two systems without 3D graphics
>> capability: one desktop and one laptop. I'm not sure about the others.
>> Anyway, elimination of fallback mode from GNOME 3 forced the issue.
>> I had to switch to something else. I did some research, and discovered
>> that XFCE was a popular desktop with a GNOME2-like interface and
>> was designed to accommodate applications written for GNOME. I thought it
>> would be a relatively smooth transition for me. So I tried it. I've never
>> looked back.
>>
>> XFCE is my standard desktop now. When doing new installs on new
>> machines, I install XFCE as the desktop by selecting it as the desktop
>> of choice in the Debian installer. If I were to start over from scratch
>> today, I might try LXDE. But I'm happy with XFCE, and I see no compelling
>> reason to change at this point.
>>
>
> Maybe it would be worth having a look at ubuntu-mate.org, downloading
> the iso image, and running it as a live disk.
>
>
Since you have mentioned an "old" system, I should perhaps mention
that apparently, Linux has abandoned support for Celeron CPU's, as,
having installed ubuntu-mate 15.09 on my HP/Compaq NX5000 which has a
Celeron CPU, and the associated and subsequent problems, I have found
that the Celeron CPU's are apparently no longer supported by Linux, as
the kernels are incompatible with the Celeron CPU - a non-PAE issue,
apparently.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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