Lubuntu + MATE? Compatible? or issues?

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi Fritz,

The only way to find out is to try ;-)

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-04-11 16:46, Fritz Hudnut skrev:
> Folks:
> 
> Along these lines of inquiry . . . seems like with a recent kernel
> upgrade, the several month old U-MATE 14 PPC install on my iBook got
> "corrupted" . . . seems like aptitude was removing key packages so that
> logging into a MATE session just showed the desktop image, no toolbars
> or desktop icons, mouse cursor worked but nothing to click on.  Tried to
> upgrade out of it, but didn't work.  Seems like the install is built on
> "meta packages" and if something gets removed the whole house comes
> tumbling down . . . .  I added XFCE4 to see if that would work and it
> does give me a GUI, but numerous problems still remain, seems like the
> system is "toast."
> 
> So, did get some ideas about the "why" of it, although it seems
> susceptible to re-occur, I do like the "GNOME Floating Feet"
> screensaver--my prime motivation for MATE.  But, my question, just like
> the "OP" in a sense, I'm looking to save download time for a fresh
> install, since this install is only a few months old and had to do some
> tweaking for the "radeon" issue, and getting sound working, etc.  I have
> a Lu 14.04 LTS from 7/23/14 already burned, so that part isn't an issue;
> question is if I did that install and then tried to add the MATE items
> as another DE, would that cause "dependency" issues or issues that might
> again cause the system to uh, deconstruct itself?  Or, generally no
> worries, they are more or less of same DNA?
> 
> From Nio's post I see that I could do a "mini" install of U 14 and then
> of course add whatever DEs I would want . . . but I don't know if that
> would be a time saver, as much of the system is then downloaded via my
> <3MB DSL . . . might be a "wash"???? in terms of a time cost/benefit
> ratio ?????
> 
> F
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 5:00 AM, <lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> <mailto:lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>> wrote:
> 
>     https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/download.html
>     >
> 
>     Plop should work :-) If not there are other methods:
> 
> 
>     1. Start from Lubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (and update/upgrade). You find iso
>     files listed with sizes in Gibibytes and can download them here:
> 
>     http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04.1/release/
> 
> 
>     2. Install a small image and then install the meta-package
> 
>     lubuntu-desktop
> 
> 
>     a. Start from the Ubuntu 14.04 mini.iso that you find via
> 
>     http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/netboot/trusty/
> 
>     according to the description at
> 
>     https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/MinimalInstall
> 
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