The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

MATE is under active development to add support for new technologies while preserving a traditional desktop experience.

Notable features

Maintains the GNOME 2 desktop model,flexible panel layouts,Caja file manager,MATE Tweak and strong compatibility with modest hardware

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Project details

Developer: MATE development team fork initiated by Perberos
Development status: Active
Type: Desktop
Paradigm: Floating, Snapping
Server: X11, experimental Wayland
Written in: C, C++, Python
License: GPL-2.0-or-later, LGPL-2.1-or-later
GPU accelerated: Optional/External
Resource usage: Normal
Distros: Ubuntu MATE, Linux Mint MATE Edition, Fedora MATE-Compiz Spin
Started: 2011

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