Salix OS MATE Edition

April 12, 2012 Category :MATE 0

Salix OS team released their MATE 13.37beta1 edition, available for 32bit and 64bit.

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MATE 1.2 in LMDE Update Pack 4

April 7, 2012 Category :Linux Mint| MATE 1

LMDE Update Pack 4 is out with the upcoming MATE 1.2 release. MATE will be the default desktop in the ISO, too.

This is a great news for MATE Desktop, thanks to the Linux Mint devs.

Links:

Repository for Ubuntu Precise

April 6, 2012 Category :MATE 0

We added official MATE repository for Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (12.04).

deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntuprecise main

Installation guide in the wiki.

New DNS: packages.mate-desktop.org

February 7, 2012 Category :MATE 2

We have a new DNS where we’ll host MATE packages for various distros. It’s hosted by schneida of tridex.net.

You can replace the MATE repository with the new DNS, or leave tridex.net without problems.

deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian wheezy main
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu oneiric main

PulseAudio no more required

January 26, 2012 Category :MATE 0

Upgrading to mate-settings-daemon-1.1.1, we readded support to gstreamer (instead of pulseaudio) for media (volume) keys. So, now MATE dont requires PulseAudio.

Now there are two packages that provides mate-settings-daemon:

  • mate-settings-daemon-gstreamer (default): uses gstreamer to provides media keys.
  • mate-settings-daemon-pulse: uses pulseaudio to provides media keys.

Two new plugins for Caja

January 3, 2012 Category :MATE 0

We ported two new plugins to Caja:

  • caja-image-converter: extension to mass resize or rotate images
  • caja-gksu: privilege granting extension using gksu

Both plugins are already packaged for Debian/Ubuntu in tridex repository.

Undo/Redo in Caja

January 3, 2012 Category :MATE 0

Caja 1.1.0 has nice Undo/Redo feature, taken from nautilus-elementary.

New MATE websites

January 2, 2012 Category :MATE 2

We added some new MATE websites:

MATE 1.1.0 Packages

December 16, 2011 Category :MATE 0

The repository was upgraded with 1.1.x MATE packages. Those packages solves many bugs found in the 1.0.x packages (but some other bugs still remaining).

Debian users need to change “sid” to “wheezy” in /etc/apt/sources.list (see mate.karapetsas.com).

mate-desktop.org

December 6, 2011 Category :MATE 0

We set up the new MATE website:

www.mate-desktop.org