Ubuntu and Mate

[Art Edwards]

On 05/27/2012 12:28 PM, Graham Watkins wrote:
> On 27/05/12 18:59, Ryan Gauger wrote:
>> There are no official packages in the default Ubuntu repos, but you
>> can add them.
>>
>> On May 27, 2012, at 7:29 AM, R Kimber<richardkimber at btinternet.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't yet moved to 12.04, I've been doing some experimenting
>>> with Mint +
>>> Mate.  I quite like Mate, so my question is: is Mate in the 12.04
>>> repos?
>>> I.e., is it easy to install and use Mate with Ubuntu 12.04?
>>>
>>> - Richard.
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> This seems to cover it pretty well:
>
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-mate-desktop-environment-in-ubuntu-12-04precise11-10-oneiric.html
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham
>
>
Adding it to the main repositories (and the mirrors) would be very
important for some users. I work at a government lab with ridiculous
firewall policies, so that I can't even reach the main ubuntu
repositories-- I use the argonne mirror, which is open to government
sites. Many of the programmers have tried unity and decided against it.
If mate is stable, then it could be a very nice, painless alternative.

Art