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Hinrik on Nov 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Debian: Change default desktop to xfce

If you always ended up in GNOME 2 (like I did), perhaps you should give MATE a try. It's stable and continues right where GNOME 2 left off.

iluvuspartacus on Nov 5, 2013 [–]

Combine Mate with Compiz (you have to grab it from Sid though as there is not a maintainer anymore).

Flipping between windows should be a mindless gesture and that's what that a config of the above allows.

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