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gtk3, gtk4 (probably?) qt, qt in flatpak, gtk3 in flatpak, gtk4 in flatpak (probably)... I'm just not fighting it anymore

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[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Meanwhile MATE chads just sitting in the attic listening to the chaos.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

MATE is to GNOME as Ash's Pickachu is to Raichu.

I'm not sure I have a point, but the analogy rings true I think.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Idk about Pokemon so I have no clue LMAO.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

MATE is a fork of gnome 2, made by people who did not like the paradigm gnome3 was heading towards. So, much like Ash's pickachu which never evolves to Raichu, Mate remains "old".

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works -1 points 14 hours ago

MATE is the first of four "Screw that we're forking GNOME" distros.