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Try MATE Desktop 1.5

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mate-desktop-1.5

You can test the development (and unstable!) packages of MATE Desktop 1.5, they are already available for some distributions. Obviously, dont use them in a production machine :-)

List of new features and changes in 1.6 is available on MATE wiki

Debian Wheezy

You can add deb http://dev.mate-desktop.org/debian wheezy main to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

Ubuntu Quantal

You can add deb http://dev.mate-desktop.org/ubuntu quantal main to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

Fedora 17+

1.5 packages, also if unstable, are already on official Fedora repositories.

openSUSE

1.5 packages are available through OBS: https://build.opensuse.org/project/repositories?project=X11:MATE

Archlinux

You can build 1.5 packages using PKGBUILDs from https://github.com/mate-desktop/archlinux-packages.

How to install MATE in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint

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To install experimental MATE packages, add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

For Debian Wheezy/Sid and Linux Mint LMDE:

deb http://tridex.net/repo/debian/ sid main

For Ubuntu Oneiric and Linux Mint Lisa:

deb http://tridex.net/repo/ubuntu/ oneiric main

Once updated apt, type in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install mate-core