Ubuntu MATE Desktop New Version Released

I am using Ubuntu desktop for some time now. And I started hearing about this desktop for few years now. And noticed that this desktop has lot to offer. And if you notice how the desktop has the MATE version available. It made me want to switch every now and then. Though I can tell you that MATE is odd name for any desktop option. It seems they started that project because gnome 2 was ended. And the gnome foundation went it’s own way. So I want to talk about how this desktop started and what are some new features that are being offered in current release. So it’s going to be more of introductory article with end explaining how the MATE desktop is offering modern features for the desktop.

What is MATE?

The name is pronounced as “Maa Teh”. And it means something in north american language. As the person who forked the repository of gnome 2 used that name. He made some changes to the desktop. And he decided to keep running with that name. You can see that now they have stabilized thee improvements they did to the gnome 2. And they are rewriting the packages. And you can see that MATE is one of the good desktop that may make. You can see they have lot of features and stuff to add but not much of that can be done in case of the desktop features. Though it is going slow for now.

What’s new in MATE 1.18?

I think the biggest improvement they have made is integration with some of thee updated GTK+3 code. And they have managed to stabilize the performance of the system. I think they slowly migrated a lot of gnome components. Which is very good thing they have been doing for quite some of the time. I am not sure how this is going to be in future version. I think they should rewrite a lot of stuff. I guess with time they can make some changes such as that and it can add up for lot of parts as we go ahead. Most of the visual improvements can’t be ignored. And that’s where it is required with focus.

Ubuntu MATE 17.04

This is yet another yearly release for the Ubuntu. And though this release is not LTS. But there are some lot of kernel improvement. And this means you are going to see a lot of code improvement. And those small improvements can make you get better and stable version. You can upgrade from the desktop itself. Or you can upgrade from the ISO which is now linked in the official website of the Ubuntu mate. And also the ISO are going to be other file sharing website. And you can easily use the torrent and then decide whether that can help with the upgraded code in that direction there as well.

MATE is a good desktop and you can see a lot of things that needs improvement but it is going to be there for some time. Next year you may see some good improvement for the desktop.

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