Customization of Debian + Mate DE

Important The following instructions were adapted from some personal notes on how to install and customize Debian (stable) with Mate destkop environment. The selection of packages is quite subjective as well as the customization of panels and selection of keyboard shortcuts. However, I believe some of the instructions could be of some use. Introduction In this post a series of instructions are presented to customize a bare Debian (estable) installation with Mate desktop environment. The customization can be classified in the following topics.