tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post3006642396702308805..comments2022-04-11T00:53:57.534-07:00Comments on Linux Desktop Reviews: Korora 23 Beta MATE: Pretty much an average system, but generally well thought outjustlinuxinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17311325083717546680noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-13985548361979989112015-12-29T11:13:17.695-08:002015-12-29T11:13:17.695-08:00Also (as I can't edit comments for whatever re...Also (as I can't edit comments for whatever reason) I wonder if the GUI software manager can be GNOME software. Fedora upstream bundles it as default now and I consider it quite intuitive.justlinuxinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311325083717546680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-75619413128845313522015-12-29T11:11:27.232-08:002015-12-29T11:11:27.232-08:00By the way I was just checking out the Compton com...By the way I was just checking out the Compton compositing WM which is quite lightweight and almost set-and-forget. I wonder if that can be bundled with Korora (as it would just be another package to install and editing a config file somewhere).<br /><br />But I totally acknowledge that you have things elsewhere you need to do, that's part of the reason my blog isn't being updated very much.justlinuxinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311325083717546680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-86640723759225412262015-12-19T05:11:10.967-08:002015-12-19T05:11:10.967-08:00I'm indeed one of the team-members but you hav...I'm indeed one of the team-members but you have to keep in mind that our team is rather small and exists of two lead developers and two (me and Jim) who just getting started learning Git and building iso's. Outside the project we have jobs, school, families etc. which also take up a lot of time. So developing other or new software is a bit harder and takes up a lot more time.<br /><br />Here you can find some info about the Roadmap for future releases: https://kororaproject.org/about/roadmap<br /><br />Yum Extender DNF isn't our work and i have to tell that i don't have any problems using it since it reminds me of Synaptic that was used by Debian and Ubuntu when i started with Linux back in 2007. The Software Center stuff that distro's use these days is something we have to thank Ubuntu for, others adapted to it. Since then every one is used to it and forgot about Synaptic. Newbies these days are different than the users from 8, 9 years ago. :-)<br /><br />By the way it seems that Ubuntu drops their own Software Center in favour of Gnome's one as of 16.04 LTS.<br /><br />About the Mint team, they only work on Cinnamon that's their thing. MATE is developed by another group of volunteers in which Clem and Vlad are involved (again) in the development some more: http://mate-desktop.com/team/<br />If i'm not mistaken Clem was only a manager a couple of years ago.<br />We'll have to wait and see where things go since MATE is being ported/switching to GTK3. http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/roadmap<br /><br />http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/status:gtk3<br />Maikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475855616135819972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-52699728248410424982015-12-16T17:12:03.433-08:002015-12-16T17:12:03.433-08:00Thank you!
I'm not exactly sure, but I believ...Thank you!<br /><br />I'm not exactly sure, but I believe Ubuntu MATE has a checkbox where one can select to use compositing or disable it. I think it is through Marco, rather than Compiz. As you mentioned, Compiz is an abandoned piece of bloated junk.<br /><br />I'm sad that the newer compositing WMs are tied to their respective DEs. Mutter is part of GNOME, KWin is part of KDE (and is totally incompatible with GTK+ theming), and Muffin is part of Cinnamon. I wonder if the Mint team, which works on both Cinnamon and MATE, can port Muffin over to MATE. <br /><br />Anyway, for the Korora team (as it appears you are part of it), I would focus on creating a better GUI package manager as the current one is...not up to par for a newbie. Something like Lubuntu Software Center or mintInstall would be perfect for this distro to appeal to new Linux users.justlinuxinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311325083717546680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-5148137020151261682015-12-16T16:55:35.426-08:002015-12-16T16:55:35.426-08:00Not the newest version, but I've reviewed Linu...Not the newest version, but I've reviewed Linux Lite 2.4 and Mint 17.1 Cinnamon. You just have to scroll a few pages back.<br /><br />I'm actually working on a non-review piece about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its impact on free software and digital freedoms. I should be finished with that in about a week, then it's back to reviews.justlinuxinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311325083717546680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-64400245596237594672015-12-13T00:54:21.263-08:002015-12-13T00:54:21.263-08:00Hi and thanks for the nice review, it's apprec...Hi and thanks for the nice review, it's appreciated a lot. <br /><br />Korora MATE has compositing, Compiz, included by default but we didn't enable it because we ran into issues with the previous, Korora 22, release. On Fedora, on whoch Korora is based, Compiz was just a older patched version 0.8.8 since the original project wasn't maintained and developed anymore for a couple of years. It became a part of Ubuntu at a later stage for the use with Unity and carries version 0.9.12 at the moment. If i'm not mistaken someone on Fedora's end started to pick it up again recently and is 0.8.9 now. A dialog for adding compositing effects would be nice indeed but i'm not sure what Mint or Ubuntu MATE are using to get it done.<br /><br />Also Korora 21 and 22 Mate looked different than 23, we had one panel on top with the MintMenu and Plank as Dock on the left. But due some issues we had to revert to the default look for now: https://plus.google.com/+MaikAdamietz/posts/SCDvZ2TyBH7<br /><br />It's most likely that we drop Mintmenu from this release and the future releases but might tweak the layout again with only one panel at the top and plank on the left for K23 final.<br /><br />Keep up the great job. ;-)Maikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475855616135819972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7588545826792134046.post-52094096206624649542015-11-26T03:00:15.140-08:002015-11-26T03:00:15.140-08:00Nice reiview! Can you please review OS Linux Lite ...Nice reiview! Can you please review OS Linux Lite 2.6 and Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon Beta? Thank you!nekylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721779702217914586noreply@blogger.com