Mate wm

[soydepr]

How to switch to mate wm, already installed mate

[fruitoftheloom]

How to switch to mate wm, already installed mate

Please explain what you want your Mate to achieve ?

[soydepr]

To. Be my window manager ..... desktop

[B.Goode]

This might be of interest...

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 8#p1427862

[soydepr]

I tired no luck

[B.Goode]

I am surprised that Raspbian Stretch Lite has a default Window Manager.

[soydepr]

What you mean

[B.Goode]

What you mean

My understanding (which might be incomplete) is that the Raspbian Lite distribution lacks the software components necessary to generate a graphical desktop. I assume - but don't know for certain - that it therefore lacks a default Window Manager.

Hence I am surprised that adding the Mate Desktop environment as described would install any 'default' components.

Clearly it worked to the satisfaction of the other poster, @taylorkh. I wonder what you have done differently?

[soydepr]

Agree it appears what I want is a desktop Environment ,
Only thing I change was left out X Window System" l as got syntax

To be honest I’m confuse between de and wm

So what is lightdm

[B.Goode]

Since you are already in discussion with @taylorkh in another thread I will not contribute any further here to avoid overlap and confusion.