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Jejy69 · Last edited by Jejy69 on Sun 12 Aug 2012, 17:44; edited 5 times in total

Hello all !

UPDATE : Mate with Precise 5.2.60 !

Here is a version with Precise Puppy, and with the latest Mate 1.4 !
More stable and reliable !
In this version, you'll have a new appearance, a Puppy menu (thanks rg66 & `f00 ), Glib 2.32, GVFS 1.12, & a working JWM ( no icons problems with menus ).

ISO is 220mo, largest than the previous sorry :

The JWM desktop :

Mate 1.4

Desktop :

Okay, I would like to introduce this time, a new desktop environment, Mate !
What is it ? It's "a species of holly native to subtropical South America used to prepare a beverage called mate" ! Hmm no, no... I was wrong ... Laughing

Wikipedia is better than me :

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4735 Location: Kentucky

Sourceforge was evidently having problems today because the download was painfully slow but.......... the end result looks good here.Sound,internet and display all working.
Glad to see a Mate version....... I'm another of those users that prefer Gnome 2 over Gnome 3 so it's good to see an active fork of Gnome 2 continue the tradition.
Anyway, no problems yet...... Smile

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1493 Location: Ontario Canada

I installed mate to a 4gb flash drive.
I installed the devx and kernel source sfs + the proprietary nvidia
driver.
Added some applications, lost the volume control from the panel
somewhere along the way.

It's working pretty well so far, still exploring Smile

Jejy69 · Posted: Sat 28 Jul 2012, 02:47 Post subject:

Hello !

I prefer Mate too than Gnome 3 ! Very Happy

It was especially interesting for the next GTK3.
Sorry for the delay, as long as it does not take long ...

Sound applet lost ? I will put the old default puppy's applet. It works always Very Happy

I may be port the MintMenu to this Puppy mate... Wink

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4735 Location: Kentucky

I went ahead and did a frugal install on my main Linux box........ haven't tweaked a lot but looking good so far. And I still have my volume control........ Smile

Jejy69 · Posted: Sat 28 Jul 2012, 05:27 Post subject:

Hmm... Maybe is it instable with many installations ? Confused

Eyes-Only · Posted: Sat 28 Jul 2012, 07:36 Post subject:

Hi Jejy!

Upon what Puppy version did you base this? Is this likewise based upon Slacko as is your "Checkmate"? There is a reason why I ask: Slacko - and Slackware per se - does not run well upon my computer unfortunately. Debian-based distros seem to run the very best.

This Mate looks beautiful indeed and having run Puppy-4.2.1 for a very long time with the gnome desktop I would love running your Mate most definitely! Yet if based upon Slacko... Sad

Your Checkmate was equally beautiful by the way. You do an excellent job of melding desktop environments into Puppy and keeping them both lite-weight and breath-takingly beautiful! Who would ever think our small distro could so far surpass the "Big Boys" in size, useful applications per megabyte, and sheer beauty? Smile

Thank you for your diligence and hard work Jejy!

Cheers/Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1493 Location: Ontario Canada

I like the mate terminal.

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1493 Location: Ontario Canada

This pops up every now and then.

oldyeller · Joined: 15 Nov 2011 Posts: 466 Location: Mishawaka IN

This looks good downloading now will let you know of anything

Thanks for this as well.

Billtoo · Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 1493 Location: Ontario Canada

I've been using this all day (with a nap timeout) and it's working great, I just run alsamixer in the terminal to set the sound levels.
The control center,caja,etc works.
I first noticed the volume control missing after installing the proprietary Nvidia driver but I'm not certain that was the cause.

Anyways, this is awesome! Smile

Tman · Joined: 22 Jan 2011 Posts: 731 Location: Toronto

Nice desktop, Billtoo.

Jejy69,
Will you be porting the Mint-style menu to the Mate desktop as well?

EDIT: I just finished downloading this puplet and am replying from it via Seamonkey. I know it's still early, but the "Other" menu is overloaded, while the "Graphics" and "Office" menus are lacking.

For some reason, I didn't get an internet connection at first boot. I have a wired LAN connection and found it odd that I had to use the Simple Network Wizard to get my internet up and running.

All-in-all, I know you've put a lot of effort into this, and it's a great start. I'm sure it will be fantastic once it's finished.

I'm really hoping that you add the Mint-style menu to this one as well. Wink

Somehow, for me, it just makes the OS look a lot more polished.

mini-jaguar · Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 402

It seems just based on Slacko 5.3.3 and does have too much stuff in the "Other" menu.

It's a nice beginning though, I probably won't install it until it gets to a higher kernel and gets a clearer menu, but great for a first try at this.

Keef · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 428 Location: Staffordshire

Jejy69
Go on, do us a favour and resize the pics to something smaller than the side of a barn.

Jejy69 · Posted: Sun 29 Jul 2012, 09:16 Post subject:

Hello !

@ Keef : Sorry, it's changed.

Yes, this is based on Slacko, previous versions of Puppy dependencies hold too old, and I am unable to update them, without breaking the system.However, for those who can not run Slacko due to a PC too old or other, I prepared a version of CheckMate based Racy.
I will try a Mate on Racy too.

For the next release, I will install the Puppy Menu like CheckMate, the MintMenu is in preparation, & the sound applet'll be remplaced, since it seems to be instable.

Thanks to follow this derivative. Smile