Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-10 Thread David Sommerseth
On 09/10/2019 21:15, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 12:10:50PM +, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote: > >> One thing that annoys me is the hot top left corner but I have that >> disabled. > > That is nice to know, I'll find out how. I presume Mate and > Gnome3 can coexist on the same

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-10 Thread Jon Pruente
On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 2:15 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: > That is nice to know, I'll find out how. I presume Mate and > Gnome3 can coexist on the same machine, perhaps with different > logins to access them, so I can make the transition as Gnome3 > is adapted to my needs. No need for separate

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-09 Thread Bill Maidment
On 10/10/2019 5:15 am, Keith Lofstrom wrote: On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 12:10:50PM +, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote: One thing that annoys me is the hot top left corner but I have that disabled. That is nice to know, I'll find out how. I presume Mate and Gnome3 can coexist on the same machine,

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-09 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 07:44:23PM +, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote: > The desktop icons I would have liked to have are files/documents one is > currently working with. I haven't figured out how. That is exactly what I use my desktop for. Documents I am working on, PDFs I'm reading before filing,

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-09 Thread Teh, Kenneth M.
Re: desktop icons. App icons are in the dock so having a shortcut link on the desktop to an app is not really needed. Hit the Super (the Windows) key and type the name of the app you want to launch. Much faster. If the current focus is the Gnome Terminal, Ctrl-Shift-N opens a new Gnome

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-09 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 12:10:50PM +, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote: > One thing that annoys me is the hot top left corner but I have that disabled. That is nice to know, I'll find out how. I presume Mate and Gnome3 can coexist on the same machine, perhaps with different logins to access them, so

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-09 Thread Alec Habig
Teh, Kenneth M. writes: > I agree with David. I've been using Gnome 3 since Fedora 26 and it's > really quite nice. I especially like the ability to launch an app from > the keyboard without an open terminal. I somehow only discovered recently that in KDE, typing without a window in focus (so,

Re: centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-09 Thread Teh, Kenneth M.
I agree with David. I've been using Gnome 3 since Fedora 26 and it's really quite nice. I especially like the ability to launch an app from the keyboard without an open terminal. The Windows or Super key is really very handy. I'm also very fond of the Mac-style scroll. I just wish I could get

centOS 8 ... Gnome 3, Mate

2019-10-08 Thread Keith Lofstrom
> Centos 8 problems. > 1. We noticed that the mouse wheel has changed direction ... Some of the issues described are Gnome3 "features", not just CentOS. I switched to Mate, a fork which resembles Gnome2. I hope the Mate team outlives me. Send money to them. I don't use tablets, "smart phones"