Cinnamon and MATE desktop environments are both available in the Ubuntu repositories.
To install Cinnamon:
To install MATE:
If you are using Unity, there's a package with some nice badges for the new desktops for the Greeter screen (where you log in):
Ubuntu MATE is now one of the official flavours of Ubuntu:
https://ubuntu-mate.org/
Unofficial downloads of Ubuntu MATE 14.10 and 14.04 LTS are available.
To install MATE on an existing 14.04 installation, see instructions in the MATE for Trusty PPA.
Installing MATE on an existing 14.10 installation should be the same as for 15.04, but follow Enabling Indicators in Ubuntu MATE 14.10 and 15.04.
To install Cinnamon:
Code:
sudo apt-get install cinnamon-desktop-environment
To install MATE:
Code:
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment
If you are using Unity, there's a package with some nice badges for the new desktops for the Greeter screen (where you log in):
Code:
sudo apt-get install unity-greeter-badges
Ubuntu MATE is now one of the official flavours of Ubuntu:
https://ubuntu-mate.org/
Unofficial downloads of Ubuntu MATE 14.10 and 14.04 LTS are available.
To install MATE on an existing 14.04 installation, see instructions in the MATE for Trusty PPA.
Installing MATE on an existing 14.10 installation should be the same as for 15.04, but follow Enabling Indicators in Ubuntu MATE 14.10 and 15.04.
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