> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:35:02 +0000 > From: t12nsloo...@gmail.com > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Gnome and the future > > from what I remember of the conversations of the time, we cannot move > to Gnome 3 because of certain Linux dependencies ... > > Gnome 2 is no longer changing, and no longer being patched ... > > We don't have time or resources to support a Gnome 2 desktop system > development fork (at least I don't and I don't believe OI devs do > either) and in fact most Illumos OS's don't include a graphical > environment at all. > > Linux Mint (I believe) are actually looking to go to Gnome 3, but with > a customised theme, they cannot afford to ignore GTK3, and sticking > with GTK2 means that new projects will not work for them. > > Linux Mint's Gnome theme does not look like Gnome 2 ... > > Of course some (or even all) of my ramblings could be wrong. > > Jon >
Mate is a fork of Gnome 2 that already has a community behind it. Mint features Mate as a key desktop choice. http://mate-desktop.org/ Perhaps that is what is being sought? Nathan _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss