MATE Desktop 1.6 Brings New Features To GNOME 2

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Phoronix: MATE Desktop 1.6 Brings New Features To GNOME 2

The MATE fork of the GNOME 2.x Desktop has now been upped to version 1.6 with some new features for vintage Linux desktop users...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTM0MTQ

Looks as though MATE 1.6 will be merged with the FreeBSD ports tree soon too.

Rename the applets to resolve conflict with gnome-panel 2.x. · Issue #85 · mate-desktop/mate-panel

https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues/85

I am wondering if it's possible for you to rename the applets to resolve conflict between with gnome-panel 2.x? FreeBSD still has gnome-panel 2.x that mate-panel is current conflict with. We aren't...

The greater GTK3 compatibility is a very big plus too, it's good to see that this project is developing nicely.

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MATE Desktop 1.6 Brings New Features To GNOME 2

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MATE Desktop 1.6 Brings New Features To GNOME 2