Linux – Mate as default desktop manager in debian

debianlinuxmate

After installing Mate, when I turn on my netbook, Debian doesn't load any windows manager (not even Gnome), after doing some research I understand I have to change the default desktop manager by editing /etc/X11/default-display-manager but what do I have to write to run Mate? Also, how do I start Mate manually?

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I've installed lightdm with

apt-get install lightdm

which works well and required fewer additional packages and disk space than gdm3.

(I could install gdm3 now but it would still install 130 new packages and would use 230 MB more disk space on my system.)

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Try doing this in terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade #see if the package is held back
sudo apt-get purge gnome-session
sudo apt-get install gnome-session
startx

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10783266&postcount=5

Debian – How to add custom keyboard shortcuts in Debian 7

Keyboard applet works for me.

Click the + button in the shortcuts tab

Name: Launch Terminal Command: gnome-terminal

Then you should see: Launch Terminal disabled

Click "disabled" and press Super+T on you keyboard.

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