That switch was an epic shitshow. Mostly due to GPU driver limitations and a complete lack of official OEM installation tools. Things might be different now.
At the time, a lot of users actually asked if they could stay on the older XFCE based desktop. Mint didn't add any significant value to the end-user. And I would know... I was part of the transition "team". -Ben ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, March 24th, 2023 at 1:38 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt <t...@portlandia-it.com> wrote: > I noticed that Free Geek switched to Mint for those PC's they sell a while > ago. > > Screenshots of mint mate seem to be a mix of win 10, win 11 and MacOS desktop > stirred together with a strong win10 motif > > But the $64k question can you still run older GTK2.0 apps on the desktop? > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org On Behalf Of W7DAL > > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2023 1:19 PM > To: plug@pdxlinux.org > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu MATE LTS 3 years vs 5 for non-LTS > > TryLinux Mint Mate latest version. They have finally made Linux user friendly > to the point I'm comfortable recommending it to non-tekkie friends. I've been > following Linux from the earliest days. > > Good Luck! > > -Dave > > > On 3/24/2023 12:43 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > I tried transitioning from Scientific Linux to Redhat LTS (not "L" > > sadly). That went away. > > > > Then I tried using Ubuntu Mate 20.04 LTS (horrid startup behaviors, > > but 22.04 is worse). I get this email today: > > > > --------------------- > > As of 30 April 2023 Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS has reached EOL (End of > > Life) and is no longer supported. > > > > Being a long term release (LTS), official Ubuntu flavors are only > > supported for 3 years, as opposed to Ubuntu's 5 years. This means > > MATE components of your system will no longer receive updates after > > today, but foundational components will continue to receive security > > updates from Ubuntu. > > --------------------- > > > > Hrm. In Ubuntu-land, LTS long term support means less > > time supported. And today is April 30. > > > > So, sandwiched between way too many non-software engineering tasks, > > I'm transitioning to Debian Mate. > > So far, Debian is pain relief. > > > > No promise of LTS, but upgrades seem effortless and the dancing > > paperclips and snaps and gesture GUI are absent. > > Smaller RAM footprint, therefore I can keep using my "tall-screen" 3x4 > > laptops for their principal function, reading and writing A and A4 > > format documents. > > > > We'll see how this goes. I fear that gesture GUI (which requires > > steady hands, no tremor) will eventually take over the Linux desktop, > > so I may have less than a decade to complete > > important-to-the-world-IMHO keyboard-driven computing and writing > > tasks. > > > > Sigh. The world will not end with a bang, instead a "tweet". > > > > Keith L.
