Snow Linux 2 (Creme) is a Ubuntu 12.04 based distro that installs with Mate 1.2 by default.<br><br><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Snowlinux-2-delivers-a-GNOME-2-based-Ubuntu-1586876.html">http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Snowlinux-2-delivers-a-GNOME-2-based-Ubuntu-1586876.html</a><br>
<br>The installers are hard to find off of SnowLinux's main page (replaced by the Ubuntu 12.10 based releases and the Mate version doesn't default to the default Gnome 2 panels in the 12.10 based release) so I'll include the link for the 12.04 based release that also has LTS support for five years:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.linuxrelease.com/2012/05/snowlinux-2-mate.html">http://www.linuxrelease.com/2012/05/snowlinux-2-mate.html</a><br><br>I installed the 64-bit version on a spare laptop, the only quirk I found is for some reason the installer didn't like my touch pad and I had to attach a USB mouse (the 32-bit installer was fine) after the install the 64-bit version recognized by touchpad fine. <br>
<br>My main personal driver (outside of work) has been running Debian Squeeze for over eightteen months now, with backports that gives me the 3.2 kernel and new Xorg version, and Gnome 2.30. On a circa 2008 Dell with Intel i9300 processor, 6GB RAM, and non-integrated graphics, it runs great. My one complaint with the upcoming Debian Wheezy release is because of timing Mate will not make the cut as an alternative desktop environment in the installer. IMHO the cleanest MATE config one can do is install a barebones Debian Wheezy install, then install Xorg, then add the Wheezy repo for Mate and install that for your DE. <br>
<br><br><br> <br><br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Edward Holcroft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com" target="_blank">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font>If I was realistic, I'd still be using Windows.</font></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div class="im">On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Riiiight, because creating deb packages is simple. Be realistic.<br>
Unless you've gone the LFS route, this isn't feasible with _any_<br>
distribution.<br>
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On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Edward Holcroft <<a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com" target="_blank">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> And my (poorly made) point is that it doesn't. All Ubuntu support means is<br>
> that Canonical is rolling the debs for you. As long as you have the Linux<br>
> source code at your disposal, you can keep patching your system for as long<br>
> as you have an itch to scratch. In perpetuity, if that's what you want.<br>
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