Mate in Unity Environment

[wolfman]

Hi @ping-wu,

you could simply add the following package via the terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t):

sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras

Or, you can use the "Something Else Method" and keep your files intact (if you do it right!):

Install Ubuntu-MATE using the "Something else" method

Hi all, this guide can be used on any Ubuntu based system and is intended for people who have a basic working knowledge of an Ubuntu installation and wish to keep the contents of their home folder after doing a re-install. This guide is also intended for those that already have an existing swap, root and home partition setup!!. If you have not done/never done any pre-partitioning, please see this guide about using Gparted partition editor: See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Howto…