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:
To install Mate desktop on Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Here is announcement of Mate 1.2, Enjoy
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:
