The future of MATE and other potential default desktops

JDV82

Hi everyone,

What is the long term plan for moving forward away from MATE? Is MATE still going to be actively developed, or is there a plan to make another X11 supported desktop environment the default option like Cinnamon? I'm aware of Gershwin being another potential option if MATE's future doesn't look positive but there's a lot of work needed until it's mature enough to be a stable option. Would Cinnamon be a better alternative to MATE moving forward for the future with X11 support? Ubuntu Cinnamon seems very stable and mature. Does it fit in with Ghost BSD's requirements?

me12345

There was a response from the GhostBSD owner , Eric , on the future direction see the link below. It also includes a link to blog post addressing the future.
https://forums.ghostbsd.org/d/771-my-blog-post-about-ghostbsd-future

Gershwin with XLibre appears to be the consensus among most in the GhostBSD community. Personally I would rather see labwc or even XFCE as XFCE has a strong community here and both have strong communities with many Linux distributions. Wayland is also planned for XFCE.