Yes if your distro is Ubuntu based it is in the apt archives. Would enjoy chatting with you on IRC sometime about your project. cheers Rob
On 02/04/16 08:30, Don Raikes wrote: > Hi rob, > > I haven't ever heard of it can I get it from apt? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Whyte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 2:26 PM > To: ubuntu-accessibility > Subject: Re: gnome shell versus mate > > 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 >>> > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
