How to install the MATE fork of Gnome 2 on Fedora 17?

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I miss Gnome 2. How to install the MATE fork of Gnome 2 on Fedora 17?

MATE is already included into Fedora 17’s repository and is an official feature of Fedora 18.

To install MATE on Fedora 17

# yum install @mate-desktop

To install softwares usually needed:

# yum install mate-media 
mate-screensaver 
mate-system-monitor 
mate-power-manager 
mate-utils 
mate-image-viewer 
mate-terminal

Then Set MATE as the default desktop environment and enjoy ;)

Several GNOME applications have been forked and renamed:

  1. Caja – File manager (from Nautilus)
  2. Pluma – Text editor (from Gedit)
  3. Eye of MATE – Image viewer (from Eye of GNOME)
  4. Atril – Document Viewer (from Evince)
  5. Engrampa – Compression tool (from File Roller)
  6. MATE Terminal – Terminal emulator (from GNOME Terminal)
  7. Marco – Window manager (from Metacity)

More: MATE apllications.

After installing the MATE version of the tools, you may also remove the gnome version:

# yum erase 
eog 
file-roller 
nautilus 
gedit 
gnome-terminal 
gnome-screensaver 
gnome-media
gnome-system-monitor 
gnome-power-manager 
gnome-utils

If you want to remove the gnome desktop (core parts)

# yum erase gnome-session gnome-desktop3  
gnome-session-xsession gnome-shell

To remove more gnome programs:

# yum erase gnome-themes gnome-menus 
gnome-search-tool gnome-video-effects 
gnome-bluetooth gnome-screenshot

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