<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/09/2016 11:13, Colin Law wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAL=0gLva4eGUgWmW+caOSG_=sEqVRaCbCqoJ0zWDzT1=LaaLRw@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 12 September 2016 at 10:11, Johan Scheepers <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:johansche@telkomsa.net"><johansche@telkomsa.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 12/09/2016 10:59, Colin Law wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 12 September 2016 at 09:45, Johan Scheepers <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:johansche@telkomsa.net"><johansche@telkomsa.net></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">... I thought that this should work. To upgrade to the latest MATE Desktop 1.14.x in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 using the official Xenial MATE PPA, open a terminal and use the following commands: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/xenial-mate sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I would have expected that to work, assuming that you had installed Ubuntu Mate rather than just Ubuntu. Colin </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">What would you suggest to do if you want ubuntu-gnome and mate on top of it to have a choice when logging in. I have no problem to re-install. Pensioner - lots of time and data on fast-dsl. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">On top of what? Once again please try to make it clear exactly what it is you are saying. Colin </pre> </blockquote> Sorry English not being my mother tongue makes difficult to express correct meanings. So I did as suggested "Installing mate-desktop-environment" and now after logging out I was given a choice. Good day and thanks to all taking time to respond to some not so good explanations from me. Johan </body> </html>