On 27/11/2020 21:02, alister wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:53:54 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote:
>
>> Uusally I only access Raspberry Pis via SSH, so the question of desktop
>> user interaces hasn't really been an issue.
>>
>> Now that I have had a new Pi 400 on my desk for a couple of weeks, there
>> are some aspects of the UI that I find rather unsatisfactory.
>>
>> One is the window-centric menubar arrangement; I find it much less
>> pleasant to use than the Mac's menubar that sits at the top of the
>> screen (also adopted by default by Ubuntu).
>>
>> The other is what feels like very crude mouse acceleration profiles,
>> that make the mouse tracking feel simultaneously too fast and too slow.
>>
>> Are there easily-installed alternatives? I don't want a wholesale
>> replacement of Raspberry Pi OS, because I'm work on and with software in
>> the Raspberry Pi ecosystem and need components to work in the same way.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Daniele
>
> A linux gui is made ov may individual elements that can be selected at
> will
> the menu in raspberry pi os is LX panel (the Pixel desktop is based
> heavily on lxde) but there are many other options available that can be
> used instead or even as well as.
>
>
Running a MATE desktop will probably get what the OP wants - it is
allegedly available for the Pi. That is the limit of my knowledge...



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