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bookworm in sources.list is now working. Thanks to everyone involved!

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you could build your own sid iso with live-build

sudo apt install live-build
lb config -d sid --debian-installer-gui true --debian-installer live
echo "task-gnome-desktop" >> config/package-lists/my.list.chroot
sudo lb build

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I just updated Sid and grub gave the options to boot Debian or Debian (systemd).

I chose the former and the command

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cat /proc/1/comm

returns

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init

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Sid now has most of the packages in Mate.

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Mate will be in Jessie

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robert3242 wrote:
I liked Mate a lot when I was playing around with Mint, but I'm afraid the chances of Debian ever adding it to their distro are nil to none.

mate-common is in sid

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Yes the best IRC client I've used. I've compiled it on my Sid - would be a welcome addition to the repo

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The dumbing down of interfaces is getting ridiculous. Apparently, buttons with words are now too boring, or perhaps too difficult for the semi-literate to understand. Everything must now be represented by a large icon. Is that the reason? Perhaps it's aimed at people who have touchscreens and a big...

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Sir, Software installation in Debian is not easy and very painful. Please don't become panic it's fact and I have a lot of experience. There are some solutions to these and one of them is meta package. meta package is also called as dummy package which do not have any software but contains only dep...

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It happens every Xmas with VLC - "the most wonderful time of the year"

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sid is immortal

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Gnome 3.8 is going to abandon gnome-session-fallback so looks like this set-up will not be possible in the future.

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http://bit.ly/PORe5U

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Still continuing with this - still working

One thing though I have disabled the notification area - the icons provided by Gnome 3 really are ugly and I can't find how to change them,

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adenukolnis wrote:actually that isn't synaptic but software-properties-gtk

Yes I tend not to install "Software Sources" because I don't like the switch from Synaptic to GTK3 when it's launched - plus the tool already integrated into Synaptic works fine.

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PeterB wrote:
Thunar has same..
Guess I missed the 'main' part of that point.
Just wish Thunar was dual pane. Each FM I look at has a different 90% of the features I would really like.

Have you looked at SpaceFM?

http://ignorantguru.github.com/spacefm/

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Pinta is quite an easy-to-use image editing app

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Unity, of course.

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Sakura seems to be one not connected to gnome

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adenukolnis wrote:What do you consider to be a gnome app?

Those produced by gnome for their DE. Like abiword, pavucontrol, shotwell, nautilus, evolution, evince.

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