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Latest Mate 1.12.1 Desktop Environment Available for Ubuntu 15.10 Wily & 16.04 Xenial

MATE desktop environment was forked from of GNOME 2 and initial release was in 2011. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. MATE has carried number of Gnome Core Applications with it, and developers also have written several other apps from scratch to make MATE better desktop. Now MATE desktop fully support GTK 3, which means all Gtk 2 & Gtk 3 applications works without any issue. MATE is gaining popularity from quite sometime now among those users who like Gnome 2 desktop interface, and it took all hype from Linux Mint Mate version.

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Mate 1.6 Desktop Released, Install it in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/11.10/Linux Mint

Install Mate Desktop 1.6 in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/11.10/Linux Mint 14/13/12

The GNOME 2 Fork 'Mate' is a desktop environment. If you wish to use this desktop environment on Ubuntu to replace your current desktop interface. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop to Linux users using traditional metaphors.

Changes and improvements in Mate 1.6:

Support for systemd-logind in mate-session-manager, mate-screensaver and mate-power-manager has been added.
The places sidebar has been improved.
Support for new thumbnailers specification has been added.
Wallpapers are now cached for a better memory management.
A connect server dialog has been added from Nautilus 3.
An option has been added to open new windows on the center of the screen.
New GTK2/3 themes have been implemented.

To install Mate desktop in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and add relevant repository to Terminal then scroll down for install commands:
>> For Ubuntu 13.04 Raring

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu raring main"

>> For Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Linux Mint 14

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main"

>> For Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 13

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main"

>> For Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric/Linux Mint 12

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu oneiric main"

After adding repository, Use following commands to install Mate Desktop:

Terminal Commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment

That's it

Source: Mate Desktop

Install Mate 1.4 Desktop in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Mate Desktop 1.4 in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint

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 12.10/Linux Mint 14 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal 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 Ubuntu 12.04/Linux Mint 13 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Terminal Commands:
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

That's it

Source: Mate Desktop

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:

Terminal Commands:
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:

Terminal Commands:
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

Terminal Commands:
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

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Latest Mate 1.12.1 Desktop Environment Available for Ubuntu 15.10 Wily & 16.04 Xenial

Mate 1.6 Desktop Released, Install it in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04/11.10/Linux Mint

Install Mate 1.4 Desktop in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

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

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