The GNOME 2 Fork 'Mate' is a desktop environment. If you wish to use this desktop environment on Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 to replace your current Unity or Gnome Shell interface, then follow the instructions given below.
Changes and improvements in Mate 1.2:
- Numerous bug fixes
- All conflicts with GNOME were fixed
- All configuration files were moved to ~/.config/mate
- An undo/redo feature was added in Caja
- Libmate�s mate-open command is now faster to open applications.
- Mate settings daemon now supports the PulseAudio and GStreamer backends
- New applications: mozo (alacarte fork), python-caja, caja-gksu, caja-image-converter
- Artwork:
- Mate themes were renamed to avoid conflicts with GNOME
- A new MATE wallpaper was added
- MATE now features its own icon
To install Mate desktop on Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
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- sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) main"
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install mate-core
- sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
