Ubuntu and Mate

[Steven Davies-Morris]

On 05/27/2012 03:19 PM, Art Edwards wrote:
> 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.

You'll want to keep an eye on this ubuntuforums thread:
<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1858282>

Stuff relevant to 12.04 starts on page 27.
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