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MATE Desktop Environment
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 proper build and runtime dependencies prior to MATE desktop installation.
root # emerge -auDN @world
And after comepletiong, 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. If manual start prefered, edit .xinitrc file
.xinitrc exec mate-session
Use startx command to launch MATE Desktop.