Tag Archives: mate

The naturalness in the evolution of desktop environments

Written by Bill Toulas on . Posted in Gnome, Software

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I’ve been browsing distrowatch.com lately noticing something that is happening for some time now, but maybe surprised me for the first time because it is still happening. What I am talking about is that there are more Linux distributions releasing … Continue reading

LinuxMint13 RC is available for testing| Screenshots tour

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux Mint, News

LinuxMint13 RC is available for testing, this release comes with 2 versions in a separated dvd`s: Mate and Cinnamon. For LinuxMint13 Cinnamon, apart of being very light offers some customization and integration of new applets, extensions and themes that can … Continue reading

MATE Desktop version 1.2 arrives- Install in Ubuntu 11.10 & 12.04 Precise Pangolin

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Linux Mint, News, Software, Ubuntu

MATE a traditional desktop environment that forked from Gnome 2 and is available as for those users who want the original Gnome 2 environment. The name ‘mate’ is derived from the South American beverage called mate that is made from the … Continue reading

Install LinuxMint12 extensions Mate & MGSE in Ubuntu 11.10

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Ubuntu

Linux Mint 12 RC comes with two option of desktop environment: One built with GNOME 3.2 and MGSE and other with GNOME 2.3 and MATE. In this post we will show how to Gnome shell extenstion Mate for LinuxMint in Ubuntu11.10.