Converting Ubuntu to Ubuntu Mate Problem!
I tried converting Ubuntu to Ubuntu mate using
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop
and I supposedly removed the Gnome desktop but my screen appears blank. Even in the screen shots it appears but in reality it isn't.
From the official MATE wiki.
How to install MATE in Ubuntu 14.04
Open the terminal, and complete the following steps to enable the appropriate PPAs and install MATE 1.8.1 on Ubuntu 14.04.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-mate-core ubuntu-mate-desktop
Instead of lightdm use lightdm-gtk-greeter for the login display manager as recommended by the MATE team:
sudo apt-get install lightdm-gtk-greeter
sudo reboot
How to install MATE in Ubuntu 15.10 and newer
sudo apt-get update
To install MATE choose 1 of the 3 apt-get lines below.
-
This will install the base packages required for a minimal MATE desktop.
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-core -
This will install the complete MATE desktop.
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment -
This will install the complete MATE desktop including a few extras.
sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment-extras