There are several annoyances in the MATE desktop GUI system that I am 
hoping an update will address.  However, the update fails with:

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: libgpod-0.8.3-7.el7.x86_64 (@epel)
            Requires: libplist.so.1()(64bit)
            Removing: libplist-1.10-4.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.2)
                libplist.so.1()(64bit)
            Updated By: libplist-1.12-3.el7.x86_64 (sl)
               ~libplist.so.3()(64bit)
Error: Package: libgpod-0.8.3-7.el7.x86_64 (@epel)
            Requires: libusbmuxd.so.2()(64bit)
            Removing: usbmuxd-1.0.8-11.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.2)
                libusbmuxd.so.2()(64bit)
            Obsoleted By: usbmuxd-1.1.0-1.el7.x86_64 (sl)
                Not found
            Updated By: usbmuxd-1.1.0-1.el7.x86_64 (sl)
                Not found
Error: Package: libgpod-0.8.3-7.el7.x86_64 (@epel)
            Requires: libimobiledevice.so.4()(64bit)
            Removing: libimobiledevice-1.1.5-6.el7.x86_64 (@anaconda/7.2)
                libimobiledevice.so.4()(64bit)
            Updated By: libimobiledevice-1.2.0-1.el7.x86_64 (sl)
               ~libimobiledevice.so.6()(64bit)

Has anyone experienced this update failure and s there a workaround? 
Or, just move on to EL 8 (I am leaning towards Princeton Springdale 8 if 
it becomes available or possibly current Oracle EL 8, or simple leaving 
EL and going to Ubuntu LTS)?

I do not like either the current Gnome or KDE desktop environments.

Yasha Karant