Install Mate Desktop 1.6 in Fedora/Debian wheezy/Arch Linux

Install Mate Desktop 1.6 in Fedora/Debian wheezy/Arch Linux

The GNOME 2 Fork 'Mate' is a desktop environment. If you wish to use this desktop environment on Ubuntu to replace your current desktop interface. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop to Linux users using traditional metaphors.

Changes and improvements in Mate 1.6:

• Support for systemd-logind in mate-session-manager, mate-screensaver and mate-power-manager has been added.
• The places sidebar has been improved.
• Support for new thumbnailers specification has been added.
• Wallpapers are now cached for a better memory management.
• A connect server dialog has been added from Nautilus 3.
• An option has been added to open new windows on the center of the screen.
• New GTK2/3 themes have been implemented.

To install Mate desktop in Debian Wheezy open Terminal and copy following commands in Terminal:

• su
• sh -c 'echo "deb http://repo.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
• apt-get update
• apt-get install mate-archive-keyring
• apt-get update
• apt-get install mate-core
• apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

To install Mate desktop in Fedora open Terminal and copy following commands in Terminal:
>> For Fedora 16

• su
• yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49862637/Mate-desktop/mate-desktop-fedora-updates/16/noarch/mate-desktop-release-16-8.fc16.noarch.rpm
• yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop

>> For Fedora 17

• su
• yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49862637/Mate-desktop/fedora_17/mate-desktop-fedora-updates/noarch/mate-desktop-release-17-4.fc17.noarch.rpm
• yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop

>> For Fedora 18

• su
• yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/105479527/Mate-Desktop/fedora-release-extra-18/mate-desktop-fedora/noarch/mate-desktop-extra-release-18-1.fc18.noarch.rpm
• yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop

To install Mate desktop in Arch Linux open Terminal and copy following commands in Terminal:
Open /etc/pacman.conf and append this repo:

# Official MATE repo:
Server = http://repo.mate-desktop.org/archlinux/$arch

After adding repo then start installation with following commands:

• pacman -Syy
• pacman -S mate mate-extra mate-extras

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Source: Mate Desktop