Have you tried installing classicmenu-indicator? On 02/04/16 08:18, Don Raikes wrote: > I am just used to the old menu-driven approach and whenever I try to do > something I can't find it in gnome. > > I am working on a security-based debian derivative named kalilinux, and I > don't know all the tools so it would be helpful to have the menus to guide me > into knowing the various tools and their general functions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Whyte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 12:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: gnome shell versus mate > > Hi, > What frustrates you about Gnome Don? > cheers > Rob > > > On 02/04/16 03:30, Don Raikes wrote: >> I have been frustrated with gnome-shell for a while now and want to go back >> to mate. >> I downloaded the ubuntu-mate-15.10 desktop iso and have tried installing it >> in a vmware virtual machine, but once it is installed I can't get sound >> working on it at all. >> >> I tried with a variety of configurations over the last couple of days but >> nothing seems to work. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kendell clark [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 6:41 AM >> To: Daniel Crone; [email protected] >> Subject: Re: gnome shell versus mate >> >> hi >> Being objective is a little difficult, since I've switched back to mate, but >> i'll give it a shot. Hear goes. >> Gnome is great if you don't want to have a customized panel with different >> applets on it. The gnome panel is set and can't be changed easily. It >> requires an extension or gsettings keys to do so. >> >> As a resultt, once you learn where everything is it won't ever change. >> This is an advantage if you just want to run your apps and not have to go >> looking for stuff on the panel. On the other hand, gnome has taken out a lot >> of functionality that mate, being a fork of gnome 2 before all this stuff >> was removed, has. In gnome, you can't select a different sound theme than >> the default except by using gsettings. >> >> You can't create your own desktop icons, and removing a drive through the >> gui is buried in nautilus. Whether you care about this stuff mostly depends >> on what you do with your computer. Mate is much lighter on resources, which >> won't matter unless you have a computer that gnome doesn't run well on. On >> the other hand, mate's panels can be very odd with orca, sometimes getting >> stuck and requiring a reset of orca or the panel to fix things. >> >> Mate is a lot more configurable, but has the disadvantage of not being able >> to run apps as root accessibly. At least for now. This is being worked on >> right now and should be fixed shortly. Mate has a nice menu system, with >> apps organized into categories. Sound and video, office, etc. You can't >> search for apps like you can in gnome, to find them you have to use the >> menus or add them to the desktop. >> >> You can of course create keyboard shortcuts to launch them and so on. I >> can't tell you which is better because each one is preferred by different >> people. But mate tends to be better on computers that don't have a lot of >> power or memory. Gnome has more desktop effects and can search, but has a >> lot of the more advanced functionality removed. It's really up to you, in >> the end. >> Thanks >> Kendell Clark >> >> >> Daniel Crone wrote: >>> Hello. I am curious about the advantages of gnome shell over mate, or vice >>> versa. >>> What do you think? >> -- >> Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility >> >
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