which Linux?

[Richmond]

On 07/03/2012 09:09 PM, stephen barncard wrote:
> Richard, which desktop do you prefer, MATE or Cinnamon?

I'm not 'Richard' (But Gaskin is), but I work extensively with Linux, 
and for my work
(i.e. at my EFL school) I use the GNOME 'Classic' with Avant Window 
Navigator,
and at home, both my wife and I use XFCE 4.10. again with Avant Window 
Navigator which we
much prefer over the much vaunted Cairo Dock.

Personally, I think both MATE and Cinnamon do not quite "cut the mustard".

As XFCE 4.10 allows icon ordering on the desktop and so on, MATE and 
Cinnamon
don't seem as attractive while we were stuck with XFCE 4.8.

Richmond.

>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:29 AM, Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:
>
>> Colin Holgate wrote:
>>
>>> For just the purposes of showing how LiveCode apps can work on Linux,
>>> which one should I use?
>>>
>> For development, obviously Ubuntu simply because it's the largest audience
>> by far.
>>
>> But for demo, I would suggest Linux Mint.  It's based on Ubuntu and very
>> easy to use, with a pleasant UI that folks tend to like right off.  But
>> more important for LiveCode is that it doesn't use a global menu bar,
>> Ubuntu's Launcher, or other Ubuntu-specific things that LiveCode doesn't
>> support well right now.
>>
>> --
>>   Richard Gaskin
>>   Fourth World
>>   LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
>
> Stephen Barncard
> San Francisco Ca. USA
>
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