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MATE Desktop
Mate Desktop
The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. This could be a good alternative for user who prefer old-fashioned look and feel.
Installation
Funtoo portage tree offer a meta-package for MATE Desktop. For clean installation we would need to enable mate mix-in.
If you installing MATE from a basic stage3, please, enable a desktop profile before mate mix-in
root # epro flavor desktop root # epro mix-ins +mate
After setting up mix-in it is necessary to rebuild packages, to ensure all USE flags are respected. This is required for a correct installation of build and runtime dependencies prior to MATE desktop installation.
root # emerge -auDN @world
And after completion, installation is easy as following command:
root # emerge mate-base/mate
Start
There are several different ways to start MATE:
- Editing the
.xinitrcfile in your user's home directory - Using a display manager (e.g. SLiM, GDM, KDM or LightDM).
Mate team recommends LightDM
http://www.funtoo.org/Package:Lightdm. The reference greeter is lightdm-gtk-greeter. LightDM attempts to use this greeter when started unless configured to do otherwise.
If manual start prefered, edit .xinitrc file
.xinitrc exec mate-session
Use startx command to launch MATE Desktop.