diff --git a/live/9/stage/rocky-live-mate-common.ks b/live/9/stage/rocky-live-mate-common.ks
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+# inherited from Fedora kickstarts F35 with minor changes
+
+%packages
+# install env-group to resolve RhBug:1891500
+@^mate-desktop-environment
+
+compiz
+compiz-plugins-main
+compiz-plugins-extra
+compiz-manager
+compizconfig-python
+compiz-plugins-experimental
+libcompizconfig
+compiz-plugins-main
+ccsm
+simple-ccsm
+emerald-themes
+emerald
+fusion-icon
+
+# blacklist applications which breaks mate-desktop
+-audacious
+
+# see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2068699
+# and https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1933494
+# use earlyoom instead of systemd-oomd-defaults
+#earlyoom
+#-systemd-oomd-defaults
+
+# libreoffice
+libreoffice-calc
+libreoffice-emailmerge
+libreoffice-graphicfilter
+libreoffice-impress
+libreoffice-writer
+
+# FIXME; apparently the glibc maintainers dislike this, but it got put into the
+# desktop image at some point.  We won't touch this one for now.
+nss-mdns
+
+# Drop things for size
+-@3d-printing
+-@admin-tools
+-brasero
+-fedora-icon-theme
+-gnome-icon-theme
+-gnome-icon-theme-symbolic
+-gnome-logs
+-gnome-software
+-gnome-user-docs
+
+-@mate-applications
+
+# Help and art can be big, too
+-gnome-user-docs
+-evolution-help
+
+# Legacy cmdline things we don't want
+-telnet
+
+%end
diff --git a/live/9/stage/rocky-live-mate.ks b/live/9/stage/rocky-live-mate.ks
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+# inherited from Fedora kickstarts F35
+
+%include rocky-live-base.ks
+%include rocky-live-mate-common.ks
+%include rocky-live-minimization.ks
+
+part / --size 8192
+
+%post
+cat >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/livesys << EOF
+
+
+# make the installer show up
+if [ -f /usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop  ]; then
+  # Show harddisk install in shell dash
+  sed -i -e 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/' /usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop ""
+fi
+mkdir /home/liveuser/Desktop
+cp /usr/share/applications/liveinst.desktop /home/liveuser/Desktop
+
+# and mark it as executable
+chmod +x /home/liveuser/Desktop/liveinst.desktop
+
+# rebuild schema cache with any overrides we installed
+glib-compile-schemas /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
+
+# set up lightdm autologin
+sed -i 's/^#autologin-user=.*/autologin-user=liveuser/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
+sed -i 's/^#autologin-user-timeout=.*/autologin-user-timeout=0/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
+#sed -i 's/^#show-language-selector=.*/show-language-selector=true/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
+
+# set MATE as default session, otherwise login will fail
+sed -i 's/^#user-session=.*/user-session=mate/' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
+
+# Turn off PackageKit-command-not-found while uninstalled
+if [ -f /etc/PackageKit/CommandNotFound.conf  ]; then
+  sed -i -e 's/^SoftwareSourceSearch=true/SoftwareSourceSearch=false/' /etc/PackageKit/CommandNotFound.conf
+fi
+
+# no updater applet in live environment
+rm -f /etc/xdg/autostart/org.mageia.dnfdragora-updater.desktop
+
+# make sure to set the right permissions and selinux contexts
+chown -R liveuser:liveuser /home/liveuser/
+restorecon -R /home/liveuser/
+EOF
+
+%end