On 10/10/2019 5:15 am, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 12:10:50PM +0000, Teh, Kenneth M. wrote:
> 
>> One thing that annoys me is the hot top left corner but I have that 
>> disabled.
> 
> That is nice to know, I'll find out how.  I presume Mate and
> Gnome3 can coexist on the same machine, perhaps with different
> logins to access them, so I can make the transition as Gnome3
> is adapted to my needs.
> 
> 
>> For a while I missed the icons on the desktop but I don't anymore.
> 
> Is there a way around that with Gnome3, to keep user-generated
> icons on the desktop, and few or NO system-mandatory icons?
> 
> I keep about two dozen icons and folders on my desktop,
> changing them frequently with my workflow, different patterns
> for differently tasked machines.
> 
> Sadly, it is true that some people let icons accumulate and
> make a mess (resembling their physical desktops), and that
> slows down the machine.  I once helped a colleague move 800
> overlapped icons on her desktop to folders, and mostly to
> the trash.
> 
> For me, visual organization of my work using my own icons
> and classifications is vital, and saves mental effort for
> more important needs.  Also important is to avoid externally
> imposed change for change's sake; I'm quite capable of
> introducting more changes in my own life than I can manage.
> 
> Keith
What about using gnome  3clasic
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Cheers
Bill