Showing posts with label mate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mate. Show all posts
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Ubuntu MATE 16 10 Yakkety Yak Gets A Unity HUD Like Searchable Menu
Ubuntu MATE 16 10 Yakkety Yak Gets A Unity HUD Like Searchable Menu
MATE HUD, a Unity HUD-like tool that allows searching through an applications menu, was recently uploaded to the official Yakkety Yak repositories, and is available (but not enabled) by default in Ubuntu MATE 16.10.
MATE HUD is a fork of i3-hud-menu, which weve covered recently, with a few changes:
- xprop was replaced with a Python implementation;
- rofi is used instead of dmenu;
- rofi is automatically themed based on the current GTK theme;
- the settings (including configurable keyboard shortcut) are stored in Dconf (org > mate > hud).
Slightly off-topic: Rofi is a lot like dmenu, with various improvements, like mouse support (allows selecting items using the mouse; dmenu does not). Furthermore, Rofi provides a window switcher, run dialog and SSH launcher. Check it out HERE. Youll find Rofi in the official Ubuntu repositories (15.10+).
Like i3-hud-menu, MATE HUD has some limitations, like not supporting Qt applications, Firefox, Thunderbird, or LibreOffice. It can also break the LibreOffice menu completely, as long as the "libreoffice-gtk" desktop integration package is installed. Check out our i3-hud-menu article for more information.
To try MATE HUD, you need to be running the latest Ubuntu MATE 16.10 Yakkety Yak. After installing all the available updates, you should see an option in MATE Tweak (under "Panel") that allows enabling MATE HUD:
If you cant see this option, make sure youve installed all the available updates (if youre using a repositories mirror, it may take a while until the package is synced). Alternatively, you can install MATE HUD using the following command:
sudo apt install mate-hud
Once installed, restart the session (logout/login) and enable MATE HUD from MATE Tweak.
The default keyboard shortcut for opening MATE HUD is Ctrl + Alt + Space. This can be changed using Dconf Editor, under org > mate > hud.
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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Ubuntu MATE 15 04 Vivid Vervet Beta 1 Released Gets Official Ubuntu Flavor Status
Ubuntu MATE 15 04 Vivid Vervet Beta 1 Released Gets Official Ubuntu Flavor Status
Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet Beta 1 was released today. Lets take a look at whats new since alpha 2.
Unfortunately I didnt have time to test the other flavors (and for most of them, theres not much to say anyway), so Ill only cover Ubuntu MATE for this first beta release. However, Ill add links to the other flavors release notes (download links included), below:
- Ubuntu GNOME
- Kubuntu
- Xubuntu
- Lubuntu
- Ubuntu Kylin
You may also want to read:
- Ubuntu Flavors 15.04 Vivid Vervet Alpha 2 Available For Testing
- Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet Alpha 2 Released
I should also mention that as usual, Ubuntu (w/ Unity) doesnt take part in alpha and first beta releases.
Now back to Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1. The most important news is that Ubuntu MATE is now an official member of the Ubuntu family.
The first Ubuntu MATE release was 14.10, followed by 14.04 (thats not a typo, the 14.04 release was after 14.10 because the Ubuntu MATE devs wanted to provide a LTS, since non-LTS versions are only supported for 9 months), but both versions were unofficial and used PPAs to provide the latest MATE Desktop 1.8, which is no longer the case with Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1.
Since Ubuntu MATE is now an official Ubuntu flavor, all the packages it ships with are now available in the Ubuntu repositories - that include MATE Menu, MATE Tweak, its default GTK theme(s) and so on.
Speaking of MATE Tweak, the tool has received a pretty important new feature, which allows switching between different panel layouts, including: Ubuntu MATE (default), Eleven (with a top panel for the menu, systray, etc. and Plank at the bottom, as the app switcher/launcher) and more:
This also means that Plank, the default elementary OS application launcher, is now installed by default in Ubuntu MATE (but its not used by default).
+Martin Wimpress posted a video which demonstrates this new MATE Tweak feature so check it out HERE. Note that in the video there are more panel layouts than there are available in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 by default, because it depends on the packages installed on the system and for instance, the Ubuntu Indicator Applet, which was available in previous Ubuntu MATE releases, is no longer available in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1.
The reason for this is that the default Indicator Applet / Ubuntu Indicators dont support GTK2 by default. For the previous Ubuntu MATE releases, the Indicator Applet was patched to support MATE and it was available in a PPA, but since Ubuntu MATE 15.04 is now an official Ubuntu flavor, it cant ship with PPAs enabled by default and thus, it cant use Ubuntu Indicators out of the box.
However, you can install the Ubuntu Indicator Applet along with the Sound Indicator package (patched for MATE) in Ubuntu MATE 15.04 by following THESE instructions.
Another change in the latest Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 is the addition of Folder Color by default:
Folder Color is a tool which allows changing individual folder colors (useful to organize your folders, make some important folder stand out, etc.) and besides Caja, it supports Nautilus and Nemo.
Other changes include:
- added menu categories to System > Preferences;
- LightDM GTK Greeter Settings was updated to version 1.10;
- updated the default GTK theme (Yuko) with better GTK 3.14 support;
- thanks to a GTK2 bugfix, MATE should have better multi-monitor support;
- MATE Tweak allows switching between Marco and Compiz without requiring a logout/login;
- added PowerPC as an officially supported architecture;
- updated LightDM GTK Greeter to 2.0.0 which now includes a MATE logo in the session switcher;
- merged MATE Compatibility integration into upstream Compiz .
Here are a few more Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 screenshots:
This being a beta, there are a few known issues, most importantly: MATE 1.8x is not fully compatible with glibc>=2.43.1 and while this was fixed upstream, its not available in 15.04 yet so for now, youll have to use a PPA to get the fixes.
Other known issues include: the notification tray crashes on first start and randomly from time to time (32bit only), live switching between Compiz and Marco is experimental and may result in missing window decorations on some old GPUs (and in VirtualBox, at least that was the case in my test) and more.
Default applications/packages
Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1 ships with the following applications installed by default: Caja 1.8.2, Pluma 1.8.1, Firefox 34, Thunderbird 31.4.0, LibreOffice 4.4.0, VLC 2.2.0, Rhythmbox 3.1, Shotwell 0.20.2, Pidgin 2.10.9, HexChat 2.10.1, Transmission 2.84, Cheese 3.14.1, two terminals - MATE Terminal 1.8.1 and Tilda 1.2.2 (which can be triggered via the F12 key), and Eye of Mate 1.8.0, on top of MATE Desktop 1.8.1.
Under the hood, the first Ubuntu MATE Vivid beta ships with the Ubuntu Linux Kernel 3.18.0-13, based on the upstream 3.18.5 Linux Kernel, Xorg server 1.16.2.901 and Mesa 10.5.0 RC1 (with RC2 available in the Proposed repository).
Download Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1
Download Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Vivid Vervet beta 1
The link above includes the official release notes so make sure you read them before testing the latest Ubuntu MATE 15.04 beta 1!
Up next: Ubuntu MATE (and flavors) 15.04 Vivid Vervet final beta, which should be released on March 26th. All the Ubuntu flavors as well as Ubuntu (w/ Unity) will take part in the final beta release.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Ubuntu Mate 14 10 New favorite linux distro
Ubuntu Mate 14 10 New favorite linux distro
The latest Ubuntu Mate 14.10 is my new favorite distro. It installs and runs flawlessly, and has the looks and performance to allow me to work effortlessly. The MATE desktop simulates the old GTK2 desktop and favors menus instead of icons. Window title bar icons are on the right, icons can be added to toolbars, and are movable. It was also the only Ubuntu 14.10 flavor to work on all my PCs. Something about the video drivers on standard Ubuntu 14.10 just would not work on my Intel Core 2 Duo and AMD Phenom PCs. Ubuntu Mate 14.10 also includes a stylish grub menu, logon screen, and a new Mate Tweak utility which enables the composting manager, which is necessary to run my desktop screenlets. I added Chrome, Deluge, Synaptic, Audacious, Banshee, Gnome Music Player, Screenlets, Docky, VLC, and Picassa. This is an excellent and polished Ubuntu distro with updated packages, lots of themes and wallpapers, kernel 3.16, and Mate 1.8.1. It uses 424 MB memory on my system. Below are links where to download it. Enjoy.
You can download Ubuntu Mate 14.10 here: https://ubuntu-mate.org/download/
Below is a walk thru demo of it:
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Thursday, September 7, 2017
UKUI Desktop Environment Il fork di MATE del team di Ubuntu Kylin
UKUI Desktop Environment Il fork di MATE del team di Ubuntu Kylin
Stanchi dei soliti desktop per Linux? Ecco a voi UKUI Desktop Environment!
Il team di Ubuntu Kylin ha realizzato un fork di MATE Desktop (che a sua volta � un fork di GNOME 2) chiamato UKUI (Ubuntu Kylin User Interface) Desktop Environment, un desktop leggero che strizza locchio a Windows 7 e che di sicuro piacer� a chi approda per la prima volta a Linux dopo una militanza storica con Windows.
UKUI � stato rilasciato per la prima volta in preview in concomitanza con il rilascio di Ubuntu Kylin 16.10 e, stando ai piani dei sviluppatori, dovrebbe essere rilasciato come default su Ubuntu Kylin 17.04 che verr� rilasciato il prossimo Aprile.
Ma vediamo in cosa consiste questo fork.
Come precedentemente accennato UKUI � un fork di MATE e da esso ne riprende le caratteristiche di leggerezza e di semplicit� duso.
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| UKUI Desktop Environment |
Il layout del desktop �, come potete vedere dallo screen in alto, � palesemente ispirato a Windows 7 con tanto di pulsante "Mostra Desktop" in basso a destra.
Il pannello di UKUI non ha particolari personalizzazioni e si limita a dare la possibilit� di impostare lorientamento, le dimensioni in altezza e la possibilit� di nasconderlo automaticamente.
Lunico personalizzazione del pannello, oltre al pulsante "Mostra Desktop" in stile Windows 7 c� un widget calendario personalizzato (ovviamente � in cinese vista la nazionalit� del fork).
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| Il calendario |
Il menu delle applicazioni � veloce, essenziale e di facile utilizzo. Troviamo le applicazioni preferite, la possibilit� di mostrare tutte le applicazioni, il collegamento al file manager e quello al pannello delle impostazioni. Non manca poi la ricerca delle applicazioni con una struttura ad espansione laterale.
Il file manager di UKUI si chiama Peony ed � anche in questo caso un fork di quello presente su MATE. Sulla sinistra di Peony troviamo i classici collegamenti alle cartelle principali di Documenti, Immagini etc.
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| Peony, il file manager di UK |
Cliccando su Settings ci troveremo difronte il pannello con le impostazioni di sistema
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| Il centro di controllo di UKUI |
Come potete vedere troviamo soltanto le impostazioni essenziali.
Infine, per chi ama personalizzare il tema, troviamo preinstallate diverse versioni del tema principale con diversi colori.
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| I temi presenti su UKUI |
Volete provare UKUI su Ubuntu 16.10?
Bene, vi � piaciuto e volete provarlo? Farlo � semplice, vi baster� aggiungere il PPA �Ubuntu Kylin Members� team, PPA compatibile oltre che con Ubuntu 16.10 anche con Ubuntu 17.04.
Personalmente per fare questa prova ho usato come base Ubuntu MATE 16.10.
Aggiungiamo il PPA dando da terminale:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntukylin-members/ukui
Aggiorniamo
sudo apt update
ed infine insalliamo UKUI Desktop Environment dando da terminale:
sudo apt install ukui-desktop-environment
Una volta fatto baster� riavviare la sessione e selezionare UKUI nella schermata di login.
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Monday, September 4, 2017
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Ubuntu Mate Remix 14 10 is a refreshing install for Gnome fans
Ubuntu Mate Remix 14 10 is a refreshing install for Gnome fans
I installed the new Ubuntu Mate 14.10 Beta 1, and it performed flawlessly. It looks good and performs quickly. I cannot wait for this to become a regular Ubuntu supported distro. It comes with Firefox 31, Pidgin, Rhythmbox, and LibreOffice 4.3. Just add Synaptic and the Chrome browser. It has linux kernel 3.16. I like this new distro based on Ubuntu 14.10 because it allows you to get work done without making you search for apps in Unity, or the Whisker menu in XFCE, allows customization more than Ubuntu Gnome, and has the latest kernel and apps. There is a link below where to get it. Nice job Ubuntu Mate. Below is a review from Softpedia.com
You can grab this exciting new Ubuntu Mate 14.10 Beta 1 distro here:
https://ubuntu-mate.org/download/
Ubuntu MATE is not an official Ubuntu flavor yet, but it has pretty good chances of becoming one. Here are the changes in Ubuntu MATE 14.10 beta 1 since alpha 2:
- Added community contributed wallpapers, Plymouth theme, SYSLINUX theme and Ubiquity slides;
- Added Ambiant-MATE and Radiant-MATE desktop and icon themes;
- Added Ubuntu MATE LightDM theme;
- Updated the default Qt4 style to match the Ambiant-MATE theme;
- Added OpenDyslexic a font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia;
- Added a screen magnifier for indiviuals with low vision;
- Added patent-free S3TC compatible implementation that provides texture compression to Mesa;
- Added service discovery on a local network via the mDNS/DNS-SD protocol suite;
- Added colord to manage, install and generate accurate colour profiles;
- Added ntp time synchronisation daemon;
- Added policykit-desktop-privileges which fixes, among other things, auto mounting of disks without requiring a password;
- Added a PAM module that will automatically unlock the keyrings using your login password, making gnome-keyring usage transparent without losing its security benefits;
- Added GVFS backend (FTP, SSH, WebDAV, Samba) to D�j� Dup;
- Added GStreamer backend to LibreOffice;
- Fixed installation failures when there is no active Internet connection;
- Fixed hiding the im-config icon from MATE;
- Improved support for 3G/4G USB dongles, iPod and MTP devices, on-demand codec installation and hardware detection and support;
- Updated the language packs in the Live CD based on the Top 10 countries that visit https://ubuntu-mate.org;
- Removed ffmpegthumbnailer, light-themes and ubuntu-artwork.
Softpedia Editors Review for Ubuntu MATE Remix
A community-derived Ubuntu operating system that features the MATE desktop environment
Written by Marius NestorUbuntu MATE Remix is an open source, community-derived operating system based off of Ubuntu and features MATE, a fork of the GNOME Classic desktop environment, as its default and only graphical interface.
The most beautiful MATE setup ever made!
Ubuntu MATE Remix is not just another Linux kernel-based operating system built around the MATE desktop environment, as it beautifully integrates this GNOME Classic fork, making it look very attractive, while at the same time being very lightweight. It uses a classic two-panel layout.
How to use it? Simple, use the Applications menu item to browser and open apps, the Places menu item to access the local filesystem or network shares and the System menu item to configure and tweak the OS. From the bottom panel you can easily interact with opened programs, as well as to cycle between the four virtual workspaces.
Includes a standard selection of applications
Default applications include the LibreOffice office suite, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, Mozilla Firefox web browser, Rhythmbox audio player, Totem video player, Transmission torrent downloader, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, Cheese webcam viewer, HexChat IRC client and Shotwell image viewer and organizer.
Freely downloadable as two Live DVDs for mainstream architectures
The distribution is available for download as two Live DVD ISO images of approximately 1GB in size each, designed to support both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64) hardware platfroms.
On Linux, you can write the ISO images to USB thumb drives of 1GB or higher capacity using a bootable USB disk creator like UNetbootin or GNOME Disk Utility (Disks). Optionally, if you don�t have a spare USB stick, you can burn them to blank or RW DVD discs.
Boot options � la Ubuntu Linux
It appears that the distribution uses Ubuntu�s default bootloader on the Live DVDs, which has been instructed to start the live system in about seven seconds from the moment the user boots the OS from the BIOS of a computer.
Default boot options include the ability to start the try Ubuntu MATE Remix without installing, start the installer directly, run a memory test, boot an existing operating sytem from the local drive or check the bootable medium for defects (only if using a DVD media).
Source: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/Ubuntu-MATE-Remix-103505.shtml
Screen Shots
You can review the entire distro screen shots here:
http://www.linuxscreenshots.org/?release=Ubuntu%20MATE%20Beta%201
The most beautiful MATE setup ever made!
Ubuntu MATE Remix is not just another Linux kernel-based operating system built around the MATE desktop environment, as it beautifully integrates this GNOME Classic fork, making it look very attractive, while at the same time being very lightweight. It uses a classic two-panel layout.
How to use it? Simple, use the Applications menu item to browser and open apps, the Places menu item to access the local filesystem or network shares and the System menu item to configure and tweak the OS. From the bottom panel you can easily interact with opened programs, as well as to cycle between the four virtual workspaces.
Includes a standard selection of applications
Default applications include the LibreOffice office suite, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, Mozilla Firefox web browser, Rhythmbox audio player, Totem video player, Transmission torrent downloader, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, Cheese webcam viewer, HexChat IRC client and Shotwell image viewer and organizer.
Freely downloadable as two Live DVDs for mainstream architectures
The distribution is available for download as two Live DVD ISO images of approximately 1GB in size each, designed to support both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64) hardware platfroms.
On Linux, you can write the ISO images to USB thumb drives of 1GB or higher capacity using a bootable USB disk creator like UNetbootin or GNOME Disk Utility (Disks). Optionally, if you don�t have a spare USB stick, you can burn them to blank or RW DVD discs.
Boot options � la Ubuntu Linux
It appears that the distribution uses Ubuntu�s default bootloader on the Live DVDs, which has been instructed to start the live system in about seven seconds from the moment the user boots the OS from the BIOS of a computer.
Default boot options include the ability to start the try Ubuntu MATE Remix without installing, start the installer directly, run a memory test, boot an existing operating sytem from the local drive or check the bootable medium for defects (only if using a DVD media).
Source: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/Ubuntu-MATE-Remix-103505.shtml
Screen Shots
You can review the entire distro screen shots here:
http://www.linuxscreenshots.org/?release=Ubuntu%20MATE%20Beta%201
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