MATE Desktop Environment, a non-intuitive and unattractive desktop for users, using traditional computing desktop metaphor. Also known as the GNOME2 fork.

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GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2), GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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  • petitioner Edited 2021-05-31
    I have no idea what the Gnome developers were smoking, drinking, or snorting when they designed that horrid Gnome 3 desktop. Fortunately MATE appeared to continue the sane and attractive desktop from Gnome 2. It does seem a bit harsh that Sourceforge gives it a description like this: "...non-intuitive and unattractive desktop for users, using traditional computing desktop metaphor."
  • nspyraishn Posted 2012-02-04
    MATE is the Linux Community's answer to GNOME 3 and Unity's failure to address user concerns of a K.I.S.S. principled, fully-functional desktop environment that "just works". There are some users who want something new, something fresh and often something like Unity or GNOME shell. But while these UIs may be pretty, they pay for their aesthetics by trading off functionality and performance. For everyone else, there's MATE :-) Disclaimer: I am a happy user of GNOME 3.2 shell on my desktop, but I think for my netbook, MATE is a far better choice.
  • pvjlieuthier Posted 2011-12-27
    Great work with this Gnome2 fork. It is just great.
  • themustard Posted 2011-11-28
    This is a vital project to bring back a desktop environment that had not finished its usefulness. Please support this.
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Operating Systems

Linux, BSD

Languages

Croatian, Thai, Tamil, Romanian, Korean, French, Ukrainian, Persian, Polish, Irish Gaelic, Slovene, Icelandic, Latvian, Czech, Afrikaans, Finnish, Italian, Hebrew, Esperanto, Catalan, Bengali, Greek, Marathi, English, Portuguese, Slovak, Chinese (Traditional), Galician, Bulgarian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Norwegian, Chinese (Simplified), Danish, Bosnian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian, Basque (Euskara), Breton

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, by End-User Class, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Gnome, X Window System (X11), Non-interactive (Daemon)

Programming Language

C

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2011-08-19
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