{"id":3066,"date":"2014-03-05T12:40:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T12:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3066"},"modified":"2014-03-05T12:40:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T12:40:23","slug":"gnome-2-fork-mate-1-8-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/gnome-2-fork-mate-1-8-released\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gnome 2 Fork MATE 1.8 Released, Install it in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gnomelogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" alt=\"Gnome 2 Fork MATE 1.8\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/gnomelogo.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>The classic Gnome 2 fork MATE Desktop 1.8 has been released a few hours ago<\/b>. This release brings various improvements and new features, including <b>side-by-side tiling (windows snapping)<\/b>, support for <b>Metacity as window manager<\/b> and more.<\/p>\n<p>MATE 1.8 contains below changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Control Center: added support for Metacity as window manager;<\/li>\n<li>Marco (window manager): added side-by-side tiling (windows snapping);<\/li>\n<li>Caja (file manager):\n<ul>\n<li>added option to use IEC units instead of SI units;<\/li>\n<li>added \u201cOpen parent location\u201d option in context menu in search view;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Panel: Added support to run dialog and main menu opening with Metacity keybindings;<\/li>\n<li>Screensaver: show date and time in lock dialog;<\/li>\n<li>Applets:\n<ul>\n<li>added undo functionality to sticky note applet;<\/li>\n<li>new \u201ccommand\u201d applet to show the output of a command;<\/li>\n<li>rewritten \u201ctimer\u201d applet in C;<\/li>\n<li>mouse middle click on volume applet toggles mute state;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>added MATE User Guide;<\/li>\n<li>added mpaste tool for paste.mate-desktop.org;<\/li>\n<li>Eye Of MATE (image viewer): added shuffle mode in slideshow;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mate-desktop.org\/blog\/2014-03-04-mate-1-8-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">See the release note for more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dropped packages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replaced mate-doc-utils with yelp-tools<\/li>\n<li>Replaced libmatekeyring\/mate-keyring with libsecret\/gnome-keyring<\/li>\n<li>Replaced libmatewnck with libwnck<\/li>\n<li>Replaced mucharmap with gucharmap<\/li>\n<li>Replaced mate-bluetooth with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/blueman-project\/blueman\">blueman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Merged all caja extensions in a single package<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some Screenshots from mate desktop website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-caja.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-caja-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"mate18-caja\" width=\"610\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-caja-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-caja-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-caja.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-control-center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-control-center-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"mate18-control-center\" width=\"610\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-control-center-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-control-center-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-control-center.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-windows-placement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-windows-placement-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"mate18-windows-placement\" width=\"610\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-windows-placement-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-windows-placement-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-windows-placement.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-power-stats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-power-stats-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"mate18-power-stats\" width=\"610\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-power-stats-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-power-stats-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mate18-power-stats.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Install MATE Desktop:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>MATE 1.8 will be available soon in its official repository, so far it contains the 1.6 build for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, and Ubuntu 12.04.<\/p>\n<p>When the repository is ready, follow the below steps to install it in Ubuntu:<\/p>\n<p>1. Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add the MATE repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository \"deb http:\/\/packages.mate-desktop.org\/repo\/ubuntu saucy main\"<\/pre>\n<p>2. Update and install the key:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring<\/pre>\n<p>4. Finally update and install the MATE desktop:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, log out from the current session and you&#8217;re able to choose MATE in the login screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MATE_login-ubuntu1310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MATE_login-ubuntu1310.jpg\" alt=\"MATE login in ubuntu 13.10\" width=\"580\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MATE_login-ubuntu1310.jpg 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/MATE_login-ubuntu1310-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. 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