On Sun, 7 Aug 2022 00:57:21 -0700 Seth Alford <[email protected]> dijo:
>Fedora has a MATE-Compiz spin that I have been using for a while. > >See https://spins.fedoraproject.org/mate-compiz/download/index.html > >You can download a live image that you can test run without writing it >to a hard drive. For several years I used Fedora, but eventually gave up on it because of the six month forced dist-upgrades. Plus, the dist-upgrades also sometimes included things that I didn't want, and without telling me. Regarding Ubuntu-Maté, it would greatly surprise me if it was discontinued. Ubuntu does occasionally make questionable decisions with respect to their *default* desktop environment, but when you get a different DE the only problem is if Ubuntu changed the base in some way that makes it impossible to install your desired DE. It seems to me that if you are concerned about the longevity of Ubuntu-Maté you are looking at the wrong thing - you should be concerned more with the longevity of Maté. As long as Maté is still around you can just install it instead of / in addition to what Ubuntu comes with. Regarding snap, I have occasional issues where it pops up warnings: Pending update of "chromium" snap Close the app to avoid disruptions (13 days left) Cancel OK I searched the Ubuntu forums and discovered that this may be some kind of virus, yet others said otherwise. In my peregrinations there I recall seeing advice on how to get rid of snap altogether, but I didn't follow the instructions, and I don't remember how to do it. The problem with getting rid of snap is that nowadays there are some apps that cannot be installed without it. It may be that with Ubuntu you can love snap or hate snap, but you can't leave snap.
