[PLUG] Which version of MATE are folks using?

[Chuck Hast]

This machine I am using was a Free Geek machine, it had Linux Mint on it, I
tried it and it was pretty good, but I had some issues after running it for
a while,
and I have been running Ubuntu Mate on a couple of laptops, on them it was
VERY stable, I swapped out Marco for Compiz, installed VMware Player to run
some VM's on them so I had pretty well given it a run. I replaced Mint with
Ubuntu Mate, but must have left a few of the old .files because the desktop
has
some weirdness that I can not account for. I am getting ready to do a
prevent-
ative backup at which time I will blow away the old home directories and
start
wtih clean ones migrating my files back in, that way I will get rid of the
weird-
ness. I also installed it on a machine used at church to stream video. The
Blackmagic video capture card took right off and ran. I did download the BM
files, but most of the needed stuff was already in the install. That was
nice to
see because video CAPTURE at HD or HD+ can be a pain. The big thing is
that it takes about 30 seconds for the card to be ready after the machine is
up/running and logged into. Not sure why, assume that it takes a while for
the
system to provision the card and check it out, as if I try to start the
video app
right at login, it may fail. Now I just wait about 30 seconds after start
up and
start it. But Ubuntu Mate works great. I do need a mobo with more horsepower
as when I am streaming it is using 50%+ of the CPU.


On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> On 04/03/2017 09:26 AM, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > I am using Ubuntu 16.04 Mate, but I replace Marco with Compiz because I
> like
> > (really like) my cube... Beyond that it is pretty tame and gives few
> > problems.
> >
> > One thing is to make sure you purge ALL of the .files out of your home
> > directory,
> > otherwise you may see some funnies. Back them up somewhere and then ins-
> > tall, then replace the ones you need for particular apps, if you are
> moving
> > from
> > either Mate distro or Ubuntu some of those old .files will cause some
> > strange
> > stuff.
>
> The way I do it, I'll start with a complete install, so all the .files
> will be stock. Then I'll copy the .files from my current desktop over to
> the new one, and do the same as I add programs that aren't automatically
> included. Thanks for the reminder.
>
> > I use apt and Synaptic all of the time, after I do an install the first
> > thing I do is
> > install Synaptic if it has not been done by the install.
>
> Glad to know. I'll give it a try when I can set aside the time.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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