Still only 1 point out of 3.
Mate would be bad publicity compared to gnome-shell. It looks familiar only
to those who are used to it.
But The forum/website is not too good looking/functional either. For PR, this
matters. And a modern-looking DE would be one hell of an improvement.
For me personally, it doesn't: I set my Trisquel myself, and I can quickly
modify a standard Trisquel to a gnome-shell or whatever for someone else. I
could (and will) even script that.
Also, there's gnome-classic mode in gnome-shell, so you can even keep your
old workflow. No reason to bother with Mate.
