MATE 1.4 has been released, the new release comes with some new features, improvements and bug fixes.
What`s new in MATE 1.4
– Numerous bug fixes
– mate-keyring and libmatekeyring backends updated and now integrate properly
– caja-dropbox package now available
– New themes added to mate-notification-daemon
– Removed indicator-applet-session
– File sharing now available via bluetooth
– Added option to use fast alt-tabbing when compositing is enabled in marco
– mate-icon-theme-faenza now available
– mate-character-map now available
– mate-screensaver now supports GDM user switching
– Removed nyancat from the mate-desktop about dialog
– Forked libwnck (now libmatewnck)
Caja improvements:
Restored toggle button for text based location bar
Bookmarks can now be opened in the places side pane via the enter and space keys
Added a button to get the difference between files in the file conflict dialog
Installation of MATE 1.4
1- Add MATE repository:
– For Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main"
– For Debian wheezy
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
and add:
deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/debian wheezy main
save and close
– For LinuxMint
You need to use the repository above for Ubuntu, then edit /etc/apt/preferences using command:
vi /etc/apt/preferences
and at the bottom of the file add these lines:
Package: * Pin: origin packages.mate-desktop.org Pin-Priority: 700
2- Refresh and install
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
Is done.
