JeremyB wrote:
I wonder if there are instructions online on how to use the Networking in Mate? There might be a very good reason it was designed the way it is
I know it is very different than the Networking in Cinnamon which is almost identical to Ubuntu's
I don't know if there's anything online. I have to admit I never thought to search for anything relating to wireless network set-up, but I did go through the User's manual, and the release notes, and neither deal with network set-up in any way. as far as there being a reason for things being the way they are, what sense does it make to have to separate methods for setting up a wireless network, one of which seriously screws things up? I know a lot of stuff gets carried over as 'legacy' code, I just wonder if one of these GUI options is an example of that, and somewhere along the line, it stopped working properly with the other parts of the environment.
interesting thing I have noted: while the laptop connects to the wireless network now, it doesn't do so at start-up, which means the computer 'hangs' while it's starting because it's looking for a network connection. even after it stops looking and allows you to log in, it still takes a couple of minutes before it manages to find the wireless network and connect. it's a good-sized annoyance, one I guess I'll need to do some more research on.
I looked at the Cinnamon environment, and I was intereted, but the first computer I tried a Mint on did a serious 'crash-and-burn' when I tried the Cinnamon version of Mint on it. it ran like a champ with the MATE distro, and I've stayed with it since. the odd ways we chose our distro, no?