An OS package that is stylish, yet light weight.

And simplified too!

What is this all about?

Simple installers for polishing MATE (on Arch Linux) that:

  • Installs extra repositories for easy finding of applications using the help of Chaotic AUR and Arch AUR (with the YAY command);

  • Installs bare essentials, like: Chromium, LibreOffice, VLC;

  • Adds Windows compatability by adding Wine and SMB support to Caja;

  • Beautifies MATE with CutefishOS wallpapers, basic Compiz animations, BriskMenu and Yaru theme components.

What led you to making this?

I wanted to breathe life into older PCs, where they struggle running modern versions of closed-source operating systems and want a lightweight replacement, where RAM usage on idle is less than 700 MB, loads applications quickly and is pleasant to look at.

  1. Install Arch Linux/MATE

Using the help of ArchInstall in the Live CD, you can get started with a basic MATE Desktop Environment.

Guide

2. Download and execute the installer as SUDO.

Using a WGET command, changing file permissions to allow execution, you can get the script running in less than a minute.

Guide

3. Type in your password

Then let it do the rest of its work getting repositories, applications and system tweaks.

4. Run the second installer

Finishes setting up your desktop, log-out or reboot for changes to take effect.


Minimum system requirements

  • 64-bit CPU/SOC

  • 2 GB of RAM

  • 8 GB of space (After installation, the whole OS, uncleaned takes up 1,5 GB, so having some headroom would be nice)

  • Internet connectivity (only for the installation and web browsing)