Independent_Owl_7139

I am on mint MATE will installing this software make my computer gnomed

https://piefed.social/c/linux/p/1921900/i-am-on-mint-mate-will-installing-this-software-make-my-computer-gnomed

Mar 26 at 9:32pmWeb
Show threadactionjbone1d ago
Are you asking if installing them will add the Gnome desktop environment?
Show threadIndependent_Owl_71391d ago
Yes, i’ve seen on Reddit that people accidently do this, and I don’t want to be one of those people :)
Show threadactionjbone1d ago

In that case, no. Like the other responder said, those are just some dependency packages.

Lots of software uses packages made by Gnome. These are simply dependencies for other software you’re installing.

Show threadzewm1d ago

You are installing a Flatpak. That program is coded using GDK or the gnome development kit. Flatpak is a self contained environment that is separate from your normal desktop environment. Those updates are required by that particular program and it will only interact with that program.

TLDR; this won’t make your desktop into gnome. It’s just a back end update for your Flatpak.

Show threadZen_Shinobi1d ago
Well I mean you’re already GNOMED since MATE is GNOME 2 ;)