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I found these instructions but I am a little bit reluctant to follow them blindly because the last modification date was in 2014.

To add context to the question:

A week ago I upgraded from 16.10 to 17.04. Today I read that future versions of Ubuntu will come with Gnome and abandon Unity. I want to take this as an opportunity to move not to Gnome but Mate. However, I do not want to do a fresh installation but keep my existing system.

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  • HOWTO : sudo apt install --install-suggests mate-desktop Apr 5, 2017 at 19:49
  • @KnudLarsen that only gets you mate desktop environment. Ubuntu Mate comes with whole lot more - it's a set of default applications AND desktop that matters. See my answer. Sure, it's effectivelly the same command, but you need the right package Apr 5, 2017 at 19:52
  • @ElderGeek: The OP added a link. Personally I wonder, though, if MS really meant to say that they plan to abandon Unity7. Does "back to GNOME" possibly mean that focus is moved back to Unity7? Apr 5, 2017 at 19:58
  • Related: askubuntu.com/questions/590627/…
    – Elder Geek
    Apr 5, 2017 at 20:31
  • @ElderGeek: Time will tell. I still hope that he just expressed himself in a sloppy manner. Otherwise he would reasonably have elaborated on that part of the post. Apr 5, 2017 at 20:37

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Moving to Mate can be done easily with

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop

It's a meta-package that allows you installing full Ubuntu Mate environment.

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