The default configuration for MATE consumes a lot of RAM (about 175MB just booting) and is fairly slow. The following extra applications are available in MATE: Not all of the Gnome 2 extra applications (built for GTK2) have been forked yet. Other applications and core components prefixed with Gnome (such as Gnome Panel, Gnome Menus etc) have simply had the prefix renamed 'MATE' and become MATE Panel and MATE Menus. Here is a list of common Gnome 2 applications under MATE: It is important to note that many Gnome 2 core applications are rebranded for MATE, as per the licensing terms. However, you'll need to note the name changes in MATE related to Gnome 2 features below.

The Gnome 2.32 User Guide provides basic documentation for the features of GNOME 2 and MATE. If not already using a display manager, install the LightDM display manager. In order to start MATE manually, you must add MATE consists of about 318 MB of files to the download and install on a Raspberry Pi will take a while. Sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment Then perform the following commands to install all the MATE packages: In Raspbian Jessie mate is now available in the main Raspbian repository so no changes to sources.list are needed. However note that this image is somewhat old now.įor Raspbian Wheezy, add the following repository to your '/etc/apt/sources.list'. At the website is an explanation as to why MATE exists, information on installing MATE and forums where you can get help with using MATE.Ī Raspbian image for the Raspberry Pi with MATE configured as the default desktop is available here. The best source of information about MATE is the MATE website. MATE is a fork of Gnome 2 and provides an intuitive and attractive desktop to Linux users using traditional metaphors. Gnome 2 was the most popular Linux desktop, but it’s no longer available. IMPORTANT: MATE for Raspbian has been upgraded to version 1.6.0 on Sept.

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