Linux Mint 12 "LISA": Part 4 Basic MATE Customisation

[Maranellolt7]

Hey could you tell me what graphics card is good for running these newer distros? I've had graphical problems running Mint 12, and if i'm not mistaken had some with Ubuntu 11.10 also.

[LinuxSpatry]

@Maranellolt7 ATI or nvidia are good chipsets to use

[jazzey69]

Thank you for the mint tutorial as always good fun at the same time as learning.

It would be nice if you could do a video on downloading and installing KX Studio onto this mint addition.

Many thanks..Steve England UK. :-).

[LinuxSpatry]

@jazzey69 I will look into that for you... Thanks for your valued feedback!

[whmsonic]

Congratulations for your work!

[ImTheDaveman]

Yes very useful! Informative too! Dood, you didn't have as much espresso this time - no sharp quips and the energy levels drop. If you aren't careful we might just think you're a lowly human like the rest of us *grinz*

AWESOME STUFF! Keep them Penguins a rollin!

[JoFri24]

Mate is in alpha, very buggy

[Live4TheGame1]

Honestly I might just Install the real Gnome 3 shell. Mate isn't Gnome 2. I don't really like it at all. I think they should have just gone with the option to use Gnome 3 or Gnome classic that didn't look stupid like it does on Ubuntu. Most likely just going to install the REAL Gnome 3 on Mint 12 whenever the final comes out and unetbootin updates to support it. Excellent Tutorial though Spatry! :) I loved that you took the time to welcome all the newcomers.

[TheJosephPrice]

@Live4TheGame1

Mint 12 final release comes with the option for MGSE,Gnome Classic, and MATE. A nice amount of options :)

[deggis4]

@Live4TheGame1 Gnome 3 and 2 can't really co-exist...

[LinuxSpatry]

@deggis4 yes but Mate, (the fork of Gnome 2) can coexist with Gnome 3

[deggis4]

@LinuxSpatry My mistake, somehow I thought he referred to Gnome 2 with "Gnome classic" but of course that's not the case (I find that dumb though, since it isn't really THE classic version).

Unfortunately Mate isn't quite Gnome 2 yet.

I'm actually still using Ubuntu 10.10. I want my Gnome 2. :(

[gzenum]

Seems like MATE is a way to go, personally I don't like Gnome3.

I hope you're going to recreate your Pinguy look in here, or maybe something even better , looking forward to see the next parts, keep it up, great work !

[dlnsane]

Always been a fan of the PepperMint theme myself. Lol.

[fatriff]

Well, MATE is a fork of Gnome 2, so you can do most of the things you normally do with Gnome 2. Most Gnome 2 Extensions will work on this. But for those who want their effects this is the way to go for you if you wish to remain on Mint.

Have you tried Ubuntu -Tweak with this? I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

[LinuxSpatry]

@fatriff I may try that in a later episode... just wanted to touch base on the basics first...