The GNOME 2 Fork 'Mate' is a desktop environment. If you wish to use this desktop environment on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise 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 in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Here is announcement of Mate 1.2, Enjoy
- sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise 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
