https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872590
--- Comment #1 from Jeff Bastian jbastian@redhat.com --- Adding these two files is one possible solution:
/usr/share/xsessions/mate-bluetile-session.desktop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=MATE + Bluetile Comment=Tiling window manager Exec=mate-bluetile-session Icon=bluetile.png Type=XSession ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/bin/mate-bluetile-session ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #!/bin/bash
mateconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/caja/preferences/show_desktop False mateconftool-2 --type string \ --set /desktop/mate/session/required_components/windowmanager bluetile exec /usr/bin/mate-session ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Although, this /usr/bin/mate-bluetile-session is kinda ugly because you cannot go back to the standard Mate window manager -- marco -- by choosing the plain MATE option from the gdm session list.