<h1 id="what-is-what-in-mate-and-gnome.">What is what in MATE and GNOME.</h1>
<p>MATE || GNOME = What it is?</p>
<p>Caja || Nautilus = File browser</p>
<p>Pluma || Gedit = Text editor</p>
<p>Eye of MATE || Eye of GNOME = Picture viewer</p>
<p>Atril || Evince = Document viewer</p>
<p>Engrampa || File roller = File extractor</p>
<p>MATE terminal || GNOME Terminal = Terminal emulator</p>
<h1 id="notice-about-aptitude">Notice about aptitude</h1>
<p>If you don't have aptitude installed, you can get it with</p>
<blockquote>
<p>apt-get install aptitude</p>
</blockquote>
<p>as root or if you don't want to use it,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>alias aptitude=apt-get</p>
</blockquote>
<h1 id="removing-gnome-versions.">Removing GNOME versions.</h1>
<p>If you want to remove GNOME versions, just run</p>
<blockquote>
<p>aptitude remove nautilus gedit eom evince file-roller gnome-terminal</p>
</blockquote>
<p>as root.</p>
<h1 id="removing-mate-versions">Removing MATE versions</h1>
<p>If you want to remove MATE versions, just run</p>
<blockquote>
<p>aptitude remove caja mate-text-editor eom atril engrampa mate-terminal</p>
</blockquote>
<p>as root.</p>
<h1 id="warning-you-do-everything-on-this-page-with-your-own-risk.">WARNING: You do everything on this page with your own risk.</h1>
<h1 id="sources">Sources</h1>
<p><a href="http://mate-desktop.org/applications/">MATE applicaltions</a></p>
<p>Own experience with Linux since 2008.</p>