Hello Harry,
Thank you for your response and experience.
Was it easy to install and get MATE working? Any tips you'd give as I
haven't used it before.
Thank you
Joseph
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Harry Lavender <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here we use MATE, and while it can look a little old fashioned at times,
> it is easy to configure, and really lightweight. Removing restricted items
> from the menu bars is really simple, and there is plenty of documentation
> available for it around. However, in the future I am looking to replace it
> with something that looks a bit more modern, maybe Unity, dependant on
> resource usage. I agree with the article in that it has a light memory
> footprint.
>
> Good luck with the search,
>
>
>
> On 22/10/14 16:25, Joseph Bishay wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope everyone is doing well.
>
> We are getting ready to deploy a new LTSP server based on Edubuntu 14.04
> and I'm thinking about the different desktop environment options,
> especially since my server is a little older and can use all the help I can
> give it.
>
> I found this link:
>
>
> http://l3net.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops/
>
> where the person installs over 30 desktop environments and measures the
> memory consumption of each one. Based on this it looks like KDE was the
> biggest consumer at 201 MB with Unity and Gnome 3 right behind it at 192
> and 155 respectively. I noticed MATE is listed at 42 MB and that is the
> environment I was considering, especially since the teachers prefer the
> "traditional" window setup.
>
> I wanted to ask -- is anyone running MATE and how do you find it? And do
> you agree with the results in the link's analysis? Is Gnome too heavy to
> run from experience?
>
> Thanks!
> Joseph
>
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