MATE was forked around the time GNOME 3 was released and is still going. https:/...

		bityard 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: KDE celebrates the 29th birthday and kicks off the... MATE was forked around the time GNOME 3 was released and is still going. https://mate-desktop.org Some people consider Cinnamon to be a GNOME 2 spiritual successor while still using a lot of GNOME 3 stuff under the hood. https://projects.linuxmint.com/cinnamon/

Yeah, Cinnamon is amazing. Traditional desktop and just works.