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 Fork from GNOME (or other Desktop Environment) to have a dedicated "MintDE"

Created 3 years ago, edited 3 years ago.
Status changed 1 year ago
Author:

heltonbiker
Status:
Implemented 		  Score:
 -9
22 votes
Idea:

One of the most distinctive characteristic of Linux Mint is its very very present democratic spirit. Every thought of the users is very quickly conveyed to the Team, and those of us who are already running it for more than one edition may already have noticed how fast the new ideas are shared, voted and implemented.

I think that a crucial aspect of computer use has to do with Desktop Environment, or the overall behaviour presented by the computer during routine use.

Recently I filed a "wish" to Gnome Team, regarding confirmation of file delete (a much talked-about issue), but the response was rather authoritary and vertically imposed: NO, PERIOD. (or something very much equivalent).

I think Linux Mint could benefit from a dedicated Desktop Environment. I know there are a lot of DEs already available for Mint (XFCE, LXDE, KDE, GNOME, Fluxbox, and so on). My point is:

"Desktop Environment is so important for the overall 'pleasure' during computer use, that Linux Mint, being what it is and what it is intended to be, should seriously consider, for a not so distant future, to have its own Desktop Environment - be it a fork or not. This DE should be: 1) aligned with the distro philosophy, determinded by the team; AND 2) open, as usual, to direct and open discussion with the user base."

Comments:

1 year ago

oscar799
Time has passed and we now have MATE and Cinnamon
I'll mark this "Implemented" 		 
1 year ago

novomente
Voted up, just to keep this idea living on LinuxMint community. I want to leave here some links to forks of KDE and GNOME. The first is KDE3 fork which is still looking for contributors (Trinity Desktop Environments):

http://www.trinitydesktop.org

The second is a project forking GNOME2. The person is still working alone and he will need help, I think, because there is a lot of work to do. But I must say the person have a big courage which really stand for joining him and contribute to his project. (Mate Desktop Environment):

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=952004

and

http://matsusoft.com.ar/redmine/projects/mate
(not in English - Spanish I think)

regards,
novomente 		 
2 years ago

Xyie
Fair enough concept, but then we're jumping off the shoulders of giants, and that might be more of a fall than we can manage.  
3 years ago

jkw
LinuxMint is based of Ubuntu.
That would eliminate the based of and require thousands of hours or more work from the Mint team already to invent the wheel yet another time.

Works perfect now with the majority of the DE's in different flavours of mint. 		 
3 years ago

baffle-boy
WAY too much work for the developers, it will just detract from the distro itself. i say stick with one of the existing ones and pick your favorite.  

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