MATE has been recently ported to Fedora. Its a classic style of desktop based on Gnome 2 that aims to keep the simplicity and ease of use that Gnome had before. If you are an eye candy lover, you can now enjoy amazing compiz effects in MATE like rotating cubes and wobbly windows.

To do so, first you will need to add MATE repos in Fedora 16/17.

Fedora 16:

yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49862637/Mate-desktop/mate-desktop-fedora-updat...
yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop

Fedora 17:

yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49862637/Mate-desktop/fedora_17/mate-desktop-fe...
yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop

Now log out and login to your new MATE desktop. To install compiz fustion in Fedora 16:

yum install -y yum-plugin-versionlock nano

nano / etc/yum/pluginconf.d/versionlock.list

Now add the following packages in the file that opens and save it with Ctrl+O

ccsm-0.8.4-5.fc16.noarch
libcompizconfig-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
libcompizconfig-devel-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compizconfig-python-0.8.4-3.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-main-devel-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-mate-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-manager-0.6.0-14.fc16.noarch
compiz-plugins-extra-mate-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-unsupported-devel-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-extra-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-main-mate-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-unsupported-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-bcop-0.8.8-2.fc16.noarch
compiz-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-extra-devel-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-unsupported-mate-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-plugins-main-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compizconfig-backend-mateconf-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-devel-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
compiz-gtk-0.8.8-1.fc16.x86_64
fusion-icon-0.1.0-0.8.5e2dc9git.fc16.noarch
fusion-icon-gtk-0.1.0-0.8.5e2dc9git.fc16.noarch

Install the packages using

yum install --enablerepo=mate-desktop-fedora-new-application-testing compiz compiz-mate fusion-icon-gtk compiz-plugins-main compiz-plugins-extra compiz-plugins-extra-mate compiz-plugins-main-mate compiz-plugins-unsupported compiz-plugins-unsupported-mate

For installing in fedora 17:

yum install –enablerepo=mate-desktop-fedora-new-application-testing compiz compiz-mate fusion-icon-gtk compiz-plugins-main compiz-plugins-extra compiz-plugins-extra-mate compiz-plugins-main-mate compiz-plugins-unsupported compiz-plugins-unsupported-mate

Once all done, run the “fusion-icon” command to enjoy MATE desktop with amazing compiz effects.