Mate Desktop > Ubuntu14.04

When the Ubuntu distribution stopped shipping the polished GNOME 2 desktop as the project's default user interface in favour of Unity it upset many of Ubuntu's fans. Unity, with its relatively young age and heavier resource requirements, did not appeal to many people who appreciated the traditional GNOME 2 desktop. The upcoming release of Ubuntu 14.04 comes with good news for fans of GNOME 2. The MATE desktop, a fork of GNOME 2, will be available in Ubuntu's 14.04 software repositories. At the moment it appears as though 1.6.1 will be the version of MATE made available via Ubuntu's package manager.




Zorin OS 8 >>>

>> For Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy <<

Terminal Command:

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



Zorin OS 6 >>>

>> For Ubuntu 12.04 Precise <<

Terminal Command:

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


Note : You will get an error message on the first "sudo apt-get update"!!!!
Note : Ignore and continue with the next three terminal commands.

Next: 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



If you want the Mint Menu !!!!

Terminal Commands:

: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/mint

: sudo apt-get update

: sudo apt-get install mintmenu

Nice going Gizmuntu! Personally I think a lot of blame (apart from Ubuntu) has to lay fairly and squarely at the feet of the Gnome Project moving to 3!

Good job on the Mate Desktop and Mint Menu - Perhaps this will keep those Mint users from pestering us!

Hi all,

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 (daily build) at the mo, it is okay even as an ongoing alpha!. Nothing has really changed as far as Unity goes though!.

Regards Wolfman D