Ubuntu and Mate

[Mika Suomalainen]

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On 27.05.2012 23:34, 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. -- Richard Kimber Political Science Resources 
>>>> http://www.PoliticsResources.net/
>>>> 
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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
> 


If someone opens "need packaging" bug about this, send link and I will
mark it as affecting me and subscribe to it.

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