Ubuntu MATE

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Ubuntu MATE
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Ubuntu MATE 24.10 "Oracular Oriole"
Developer Ubuntu MATE team
OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source model Open source
Initial release23 October 2014;10 years ago (2014-10-23)
Latest release 24.10 / 7 October 2024;55 days ago (2024-10-07) [1]
Available in Multilingual
Update method APT (Software Updater, Ubuntu Software Center)
Package manager dpkg
Platforms IA-32 (defunct), x86-64, PowerPC, ARM
Kernel type Monolithic
Userland GNU
Default
user interface 		MATE
License Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official website ubuntu-mate.org

Ubuntu MATE is a free and open-source Linux distribution and an official derivative of Ubuntu. Its main differentiation from Ubuntu is that it uses the 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]

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History

The Ubuntu MATE project was founded by Martin Wimpress and Alan Pope [4] and began as an unofficial derivative of Ubuntu, using an Ubuntu 14.10 base for its first release; [5] a 14.04 LTS release followed shortly. [6] As of February 2015, Ubuntu MATE gained the official Ubuntu flavour status from Canonical as per the release of 15.04 Beta 1. [7] [8] In addition to IA-32 and x86-64 which were the initial supported platforms, Ubuntu MATE also supports PowerPC and 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 releaseRelease no longer supportedRelease still supportedFuture release
VersionCodenameRelease dateSupported untilRemarks
14.04 LTSTrusty Tahr2014-11-11April 2019Released after the 14.10 release in order to provide long-term support until 2019, following Ubuntu. [6]
14.10 [13] Utopic Unicorn2014-10-23July 2015First release of Ubuntu MATE. [5]
15.04Vivid Vervet2015-04-23 [14] January 2016First release as an official Ubuntu flavour. [2]
15.10 [15] Wily Werewolf2015-10-22 [16] July 2016Features MATE 1.10, Ubuntu Software Center not installed by default. [17]
16.04 LTSXenial Xerus2016-04-21April 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]
16.10Yakkety Yak2016-10-13 [21] July 2017Full GTK3+ implementation of the MATE Desktop. Most default applications are "Recommended" and can thus be uninstalled without issue. [22]
17.04Zesty Zapus2017-04-13January 2018Concluded the migration to GTK3+. [23]
17.10 [24] Artful Aardvark2017-10-19July 201817.10.1, 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 Beaver2018-04-26April 2021It includes support for GPD Pocket & Pocket 2, Raspberry Pi B2/B3/B3+. [30] [31] [32]
18.10 [33] [34] [35] Cosmic Cuttlefish2018-10-18July 2019First non-LTS 64-bit-only release, end of 32-bit support. Features MATE 1.20. [36] [37] [38]
19.04Disco Dingo2019-04-18January 2020Features MATE 1.20 and Nvidia drivers. [39]
19.10Eoan Ermine2019-10-17July 2020Non-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 LTSFocal Fossa2020-04-23April 2023 [41] Features MATE 1.24. [42]
20.10Groovy Gorilla2020-10-22July 2021Features MATE 1.24.1. [43]
21.04Hirsute Hippo2021-04-22January 202264-bit-only. Features MATE 1.24.2. [44]
21.10Impish Indri2021-10-14July 2022Features MATE 1.26. [45]
22.04 LTSJammy Jellyfish2022-04-21April 2027Features MATE 1.26.1. [46]
22.10Kinetic Kudu2022-10-20July 2023 PipeWire replaces PulseAudio, and MATE 1.26.1 includes some backported features from the unreleased 1.28 version
23.04 [47] [48] Lunar Lobster2023-04-20January 2024
23.10 [49] Mantic Minotaur2023-10-12July 2024
24.04 LTSNoble Numbat2024-04-25May 2029Current LTS release.
24.10Oracular Oriole2024-10-10July 2025Current 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]

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