Xmonad & Mate

Install

sudo apt-get install ghc mate xmonad stack xcompmgr

Replacing the default window manager

You will need to create a freedesktop.org desktop file for xmonad, probably in /usr/share/applications/xmonad.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=XMonad
Exec=/usr/bin/xmonad
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-WMName=XMonad
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=WindowManager
X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager
X-GNOME-Autostart-Notify=true

To replace marco with xmonad for all sessions, use the following (per user):

dconf write /org/mate/session/required-components/windowmanager xmonad

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