Ubuntu MATE

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Ubuntu MATE
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Official websiteubuntu-mate.org

Ubuntu MATE is a

MATE desktop environment as its default user interface (based on GNOME 2), instead of the GNOME 3 desktop environment that is the default user interface for Ubuntu.[2][3]

History

The Ubuntu MATE project was founded by Martin Wimpress and Alan Pope

ARMv7 (on the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3[9] as well as the ODROID XU4[10]
).

In April 2015, Ubuntu MATE announced a partnership with British computer reseller Entroware, enabling Entroware customers to purchase laptop and desktop computers with Ubuntu MATE preinstalled with full support.[11] Several other hardware deals were announced later.

In Ubuntu MATE 18.10,

32-bit support was dropped.[12]

Releases

Current release Release no longer supported Release still supported Future release
Version Codename Release date Supported until Remarks
14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr 2014-11-11 April 2019 Released after the 14.10 release in order to provide long-term support until 2019, following Ubuntu.[6]
14.10[13] Utopic Unicorn 2014-10-23 July 2015 First release of Ubuntu MATE.[5]
15.04 Vivid Vervet 2015-04-23[14] January 2016 First release as an official Ubuntu flavour.[2]
15.10[15] Wily Werewolf 2015-10-22[16] July 2016 Features MATE 1.10, Ubuntu Software Center not installed by default.[17]
16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus 2016-04-21 April 2019[18] First official LTS release; features MATE 1.12.x DE, expanded Welcome application and Software Boutique; has ZFS built-in by default.[19][20]
16.10 Yakkety Yak 2016-10-13[21] July 2017 Full GTK3+ implementation of the MATE Desktop. Most default applications are "Recommended" and can thus be uninstalled without issue.[22]
17.04 Zesty Zapus 2017-04-13 January 2018 Concluded the migration to GTK3+.[23]
17.10[24] Artful Aardvark 2017-10-19 July 2018 17.10.1, was released on 12 January 2018. It fixed a problem that corrupted the UEFI & BIOS firmware.[25]
18.04 LTS[26][27][28][29] Bionic Beaver 2018-04-26 April 2021 It includes support for GPD Pocket & Pocket 2, Raspberry Pi B2/B3/B3+.[30][31][32]
18.10[33][34][35] Cosmic Cuttlefish 2018-10-18 July 2019 First non-LTS
64-bit-only release, end of 32-bit support. Features MATE 1.20.[36][37][38]
19.04 Disco Dingo 2019-04-18 January 2020 Features MATE 1.20 and Nvidia drivers.[39]
19.10 Eoan Ermine 2019-10-17 July 2020 Non-LTS 64-bit-only release. Features MATE 1.22.2 and replaces VLC media player with GNOME mpv as default media player software.[40]
20.04 LTS Focal Fossa 2020-04-23 April 2023[41] Features MATE 1.24.[42]
20.10 Groovy Gorilla 2020-10-22 July 2021 Features MATE 1.24.1.[43]
21.04 Hirsute Hippo 2021-04-22 January 2022 64-bit-only. Features MATE 1.24.2.[44]
21.10 Impish Indri 2021-10-14 July 2022 Features MATE 1.26.[45]
22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish 2022-04-21 April 2027 Features MATE 1.26.1.[46]
22.10 Kinetic Kudu 2022-10-20 July 2023 PipeWire replaces PulseAudio, and MATE 1.26.1 includes some backported features from the unreleased 1.28 version
23.04[47][48] Lunar Lobster 2023-04-20 January 2024
23.10[49] Mantic Minotaur 2023-10-12 July 2024
24.04 LTS Noble Numbat 2024-04-25 May 2029 Current LTS release.
24.10 Oracular Oriole 2024-10-10 July 2025 Future interim release

Reception

In a May 2016 review Jesse Smith of DistroWatch concluded, "despite my initial problems getting Ubuntu MATE installed and running smoothly, I came away with a positive view of the distribution. The project is providing a very friendly desktop experience that requires few hardware resources by modern standards. I also want to tip my hat to the default theme used on Ubuntu MATE."[50]

Dedoimedo reviewed Ubuntu MATE in July 2018, and wrote that "[Ubuntu MATE offers] a wealth of visual and functional changes…You really have the ability to implement anything and everything, and all of it natively, from within the system's interface".[51]

Starting with the 22.04 LTS release, Ubuntu MATE included AI-generated wallpapers. These were warmly received by popular tech blogs, with OMG! Ubuntu exclaiming "I'm blown away by the quality of this AI-produced artwork"[52] for the 22.04 release, and IT's FOSS News proclaiming the "beautiful" wallpapers were "a big highlight" of the 22.10 release".[53]

See also

References

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