Install Mate Desktop 1.4 in Ubuntu 12.04/Linux Mint 13 (New Release)

Install Mate Desktop 1.4 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Linux Mint 13

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 1.4:

• Numerous bug fixes
• mate-keyring and libmatekeyring backends updated and now integrate properly
• caja-dropbox package now available
• New themes added to mate-notification-daemon
• Removed indicator-applet-session
• File sharing now available via bluetooth
• Added option to use fast alt-tabbing when compositing is enabled in marco
• mate-icon-theme-faenza now available
• mate-character-map now available
• mate-screensaver now supports GDM user switching
• Removed nyancat from the mate-desktop about dialog
• Forked libwnck (now libmatewnck)
• Caja improvements:
• Restored toggle button for text based location bar
• Bookmarks can now be opened in the places side pane via the enter and space keys
• Added a button to get the difference between files in the file conflict dialog

To install Mate desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• 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

To install Mate desktop in Linux Mint 13 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main"
• sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences

After this command  copy following lines in opened text editor:

Package: *
Pin: origin packages.mate-desktop.org
Pin-Priority: 700

• 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

Here is announcement of Mate 1.4
That's it, Enjoy

Install Mint Mate 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric

Install Mint Mate Desktop 1.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin/Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

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:

• 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

Here is announcement of Mate 1.2, Enjoy