Ubuntu and Mate

[Art Edwards]

On 05/27/2012 02:58 PM, Steven Davies-Morris wrote:
> On 05/27/2012 01:34 PM, Art Edwards wrote:
>> 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
>
> I've been running Mate on 11.10 since before Xmas. Coming up on 7
> months. There's still a few niggly things around the edges (graphics
> mainly) but it is definitely stable and just about perfectly recreates
> the Gnome2 experience on 12.04 and Mint. Call it almost painless to get
> going. It's on other platforms too though I haven't tried any of them
> myself. If you've got a second box or a laptop that you're willing to
> experiment with I think you'll find Mate works great. Just add a couple
> of lines for the repos to your sources, update, install, reboot, tweak
> as desired.
I'll definitely give it a try on the oneiric netbook.