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{{short description|Desktop environment forked from GNOME 2}}
{{Other uses|Mate (disambiguation){{!}}Mate}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = MATE
| name = MATE
| logo = [[File:Mate-logo.svg]]
| logo = Mate-logo.svg
| screenshot = Ubuntu_MATE_16.04_screenshot.png
| screenshot = Mate-desktop-1.26.en.png
| caption = [[Ubuntu MATE]] running MATE Desktop Environment 1.12
| caption = Fedora Linux with the MATE version 1.26
| developer = Clement Lefebvre, Perberos, Stefano Karapetsas, et al.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATE Developers |date=December 5, 2011 |url=https://mate-desktop.org/team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513010943/https://mate-desktop.org/team/ |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref>
| developer = Perberos and [https://mate-desktop.org/team/ MATE Developers]
| released = {{start date and age|2011|08|19}}
| released = {{start date and age|2011|08|19}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q194090|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release version = 1.18<ref name="1.18">{{citation |url=http://mate-desktop.org/blog/2017-03-13-mate-1-18-released/ |title=MATE 1.18 released |first=Martin |last=Insivest |date=2017-03-13 |accessdate=2017-03-14}}</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2017|03|13}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q194090|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| latest preview version = 1.17.2
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q194090|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q194090|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| latest_preview_date = {{Release date and age|2017|01|18}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.17/ |title=MATE 1.17 sources |accessdate=2017-02-19}}</ref>
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]<ref name="MATE Repositories">{{Cite web |title=MATE |url=https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop|access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=github.com}}</ref>
| status = Active
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[Unix]]
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]<ref name="MATE Repositories">{{cite web|title=MATE|url=https://github.com/mate-desktop|website=github.com|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref>
| genre = [[Desktop environment]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]] with [[X11]] (X Window System)
| license = [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GPLv2+]], [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPLv2+]]
| language = Multilingual
| website = {{URL|https://mate-desktop.org}}
| genre = [[Desktop environment]]
| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License|GNU LGPLv2]], [[GNU GPLv2]]
| website = {{URL|https://mate-desktop.org/}}
| frequently updated = yes
| working state = Current
}}
}}


'''MATE''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑː|t|eɪ}})<ref name="official-mate-name" /> is a [[desktop environment]] composed of [[free and open-source software]] that runs on [[Linux]], and other [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s such as [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]], and [[illumos]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Installation - MATE wiki |url=https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/introduction/installation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221123204515/https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/introduction/installation/ |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mate and new test ISOs – openindiana |url=https://www.openindiana.org/mate-and-new-test-isos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717010756/https://www.openindiana.org/mate-and-new-test-isos/ |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''MATE''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɑː|t|eɪ}}; {{IPA-es|ˈmate}}) is a [[desktop environment]] [[fork (software)|forked]] from the now-unmaintained code base of [[GNOME 2]]. It is named after the South American plant [[yerba mate]] and tea made from the herb, [[Mate (beverage)|mate]].<ref name="official-mate-name" /> The name was originally all capital letters to follow the nomenclature of other Free Software desktop environments like KDE and LXDE. The [[recursive acronym|recursive]] [[backronym]] "MATE Advanced Traditional Environment" was subsequently adopted by most of the MATE community, again in the spirit of Free Software like [[GNU]] ("GNU's Not Unix!"). The use of a new name, instead of GNOME, avoids conflicts with GNOME 3 components.

== Name ==
MATE is named after the South American plant [[yerba mate]] and tea made from the herb, [[Mate (beverage)|mate]].<ref name="official-mate-name" /> The name is stylized in all capital letters to follow the nomenclature of other Free Software desktop environments like [[KDE]] and [[LXDE]]. The [[recursive acronym|recursive]] [[backronym]] "MATE Advanced Traditional Environment" was subsequently adopted by most of the MATE community, again in the spirit of Free Software like [[GNU]] ("GNU's Not Unix!").<ref name="oreilly">{{Cite web |title=MATE desktop |url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kali-linux-2018/9781788997461/924e3202-ad3c-41f5-9879-2456b3c4e094.xhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221002001531/https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/kali-linux-2018/9781788997461/924e3202-ad3c-41f5-9879-2456b3c4e094.xhtml |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=[[O'Reilly Media]]}}</ref> The use of a new name, instead of GNOME, avoids naming conflicts with GNOME 3 components.<ref name="oreilly" />


== History ==
== History ==
Perberos, an Argentine user of [[Arch Linux]], started the MATE project<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 21, 2014 |title=Mate Desktop Environment – GNOME2 fork (Page 1) / Community Contributions / Arch Linux Forums |url=https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121162 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821024415/https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121162 |archive-date=2014-08-21 |access-date=2021-10-01}}</ref> to [[fork (software)|fork]] and continue [[GNOME 2]] in response to the negative [[GNOME#Criticism|reception of GNOME 3]], which had replaced its traditional [[taskbar]] ([[GNOME Panel]]) with [[GNOME Shell]]. MATE aims to maintain and continue the latest GNOME 2 code base, frameworks, and core applications.<ref name="ingeek-mate" /><ref name="phoronix-mate" /><ref name="digitizor-torvalds" />
{{See also|Controversy over GNOME 3}}


MATE was initially announced for Debian on November 8, 2013, at its official website.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karapetsas |first=Stefano |date=November 8, 2013 |title=Debian MATE Packaging Team |url=https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2013-11-08-debian-mate-packaging-team/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917034125/https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2013-11-08-debian-mate-packaging-team/ |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-17 |website=MATE |language=en}}</ref>
GNOME&nbsp;3 (released in April 2011) replaced the classic [[desktop metaphor]], substituting its native [[graphical user interface|user interface]]: [[GNOME Shell]]. This action led to some criticism from parts of the [[free software]] community. Some users refused to accept the new interface design of GNOME and called for continued development of GNOME&nbsp;2.<ref name="digitizor-torvalds" /> An Argentine user of [[Arch Linux]] started the MATE project<ref name="ingeek-mate" /> in order to meet this demand<ref name="phoronix-mate" /> and announced the availability of MATE on 18 June 2011.<ref name=perberos-announced-mate>
{{cite web
|title= Mate Desktop Environment - GNOME2 fork
|url= https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=121162
|website= bbs.archlinux.org
|publisher= Perberos
|accessdate= 22 August 2014}}
</ref>


MATE became an official Arch Linux community package in January 2014.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
== {{Anchor|MARCO}}Software components==
{{See also|List of GTK+ applications}}


== {{Anchor|MARCO}}Component applications ==
MATE has forked a number of applications originating as the [[GNOME Core Applications]], and developers have written several other applications from scratch. The forked applications have new names. Most of them used names from [[Spanish language|Spanish]], including:
{{See also|List of GTK applications}}
[[File:Mate-caja-IconView.en.png|thumb|Showing a main component of "Caja" file-manager]]


MATE has forked a number of applications which originated as [[GNOME Core Applications]], and developers have written several other applications from scratch. The forked applications have new names, most of them from Spanish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATEwiki |url=https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/mate-desktop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919110458/https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/mate-desktop/ |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |access-date=September 24, 2021 |website=mate-desktop.org}}</ref>
* Caja (''box''){{snd}} File manager (from [[Nautilus (file manager)|Nautilus]])
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* [[pluma (editor)|Pluma]] (''quill/feather/pen''){{snd}} Text editor (from [[Gedit]])
|+Mate applications
* Atril (''lectern''){{snd}} Document viewer (from [[Evince]])
!Application name
* Engrampa (''staple''){{snd}} Archive manager (from [[Archive Manager]])
!Spanish translation
* MATE Terminal{{snd}} Terminal emulator (from [[GNOME Terminal]])
!Forked from
* Marco (''frame''){{snd}} Window manager (from [[Metacity]])
!Description
* Mozo (''waiter'') {{snd}} Menu item editor (from [[Alacarte]])
!Features
|-
|Atril
|lectern
|[[Evince]]
|Document viewer
|[[EPUB]] support
[[Caret navigation]] support<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wimpress |first=Martin |date=February 7, 2018 |title=MATE 1.20 released |url=https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2018-02-07-mate-1-20-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923033449/https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2018-02-07-mate-1-20-released/ |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=2021-09-25 |website=MATE |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Caja
|box
|[[GNOME Files]] (Nautilus)
|File Manager
|Extension support<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 10, 2021 |title=MATE 1.26 released |url=https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2021-08-08-mate-1-26-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921120740/https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2021-08-08-mate-1-26-released/ |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Engrampa
|staple
|[[Archive Manager]] (File Roller)
|[[File archiver]]
|
|-
|Eye of MATE
|
|[[Eye of GNOME]]
|Image viewer
|
|-
|MATE Calculator
|
|[[GNOME Calculator]]
|Calculator
|
|-
|MATE Control Center
|
|GNOME Control Center
|MATE desktop settings
|
|-
|MATE System Monitor
|
|GNOME System Monitor
|Graphical resource monitor
|
|-
|MATE Terminal
|
|GNOME Terminal
|[[Terminal emulator]]
|
|-
|marco
|frame
|[[Metacity]]
|MATE [[window manager]]
|
|-
|Mozo
|waiter
|[[Alacarte]]
|Menu editor
|
|-
|[[Pluma (text editor)|Pluma]]
|pen
|[[Gedit]]
|Text editor
|
|}


[[File:Mate-caja-1.26.png|right|thumb|Screenshot of Caja file manager: v.1.26]]
== Further development ==
[[File:Mate-caja-about-1.26.png|thumb|Caja-about, version 1.26]]
MATE fully supports the [[GTK+]] 3 application framework. The project is supported by [[Ubuntu MATE]] lead developer Martin Wimpress and by the [[Linux Mint]] development team:


== Development ==
<blockquote>"We consider MATE yet another desktop, just like KDE, Gnome 3, Xfce etc… and based on the popularity of Gnome 2 in previous releases of Linux Mint, we are dedicated to support it and to help it improve. The most popular Linux desktop was, and arguably is, Gnome 2."<ref name="mint-support-mate" /></blockquote>
[[File:MATE 1.10.png|thumb|Screenshot of MATE 1.10, GTK3 version, on [[Manjaro Linux]]]]
MATE fully supports the [[GTK]] 3 application framework. The project is supported by [[Ubuntu MATE]] lead developer Martin Wimpress and by the [[Linux Mint]] development team:
{{blockquote|We consider MATE yet another desktop, just like KDE, Gnome 3, Xfce etc... and based on the popularity of Gnome 2 in previous releases of Linux Mint, we are dedicated to support it and to help it improve. The most popular Linux desktop was, and arguably is, Gnome 2.<ref name="mint-support-mate" />}}


New features have been added to Caja such as undo/redo<ref name="caja-undo" /> and diff viewing for file replacements.<ref name="caja-13" />
New features have been added to Caja such as undo/redo<ref name="caja-undo" /> and diff viewing for file replacements.<ref name="caja-13" /> MATE 1.6 removes some deprecated libraries, moving from mate-conf (a fork of [[GConf]]) to [[Dconf|GSettings]], and from mate-corba (a fork of GNOME's [[Bonobo (component model)|Bonobo]]) to [[D-Bus]].


One of the aims of the MATE developers is to provide a traditional user experience while using the newest technologies. In MATE 1.20, which was released in February 2018, support for [[HiDPI]] was added and the [[GTK]] version got increased to 3.22. The MATE 1.22 release migrated many programs from [[Python (programming language)|Python]] 2 to Python 3 and from dbus-glib to [[GDBus]]. In an upcoming version, support for [[Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] will be added.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayland and Meson - MATE wiki |url=https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/developers-corner/wayland-meson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221123203729/https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/developers-corner/wayland-meson/ |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref>
MATE 1.6 removes some deprecated libraries, moving from mate-conf (a fork of [[GConf]]) to [[Dconf|GSettings]], and from mate-corba (a fork of GNOME's [[Bonobo (component model)|Bonobo]]) to [[D-Bus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=MATE: Roadmap|url=http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/roadmap|accessdate=7 January 2013}}</ref>


== Releases history ==
== Release history ==
[[File:PV-BSD 10.1.2 MATE Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot of a [[PC-BSD]] 10.1.2 desktop (MATE) with dual monitor (dual head, pivot). The running free and open-source ([[FOSS]]) programs are: [[GIMP]], [[OpenShot Video Editor]], file manager, [[Eric Python IDE|Eric]] Python development [[Integrated development environment|IDE]]. Also shown: [[Minecraft]] 1.8.7 (with "Forge" [[Minecraft modding|mods]]).]]
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== Adoption ==
== Adoption ==
The MATE website lists 27 [[Linux distribution]]s and 5 [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s that support the MATE desktop environment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MATE Desktop Environment |url=https://mate-desktop.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506174218/https://mate-desktop.org/ |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=MATE}}</ref>
MATE 1.2 was released on 16 April 2012. MATE has been one of the default desktop environments shipped with [[Linux Mint]] since version 12 "Lisa",<ref name="mint-releasenotes" /><ref name="osnews-mint" /> [[Linux Mint Debian Edition]] since "201303",<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2346
|title=Linux Mint Debian 201303 released!
|date=2010-07-21
|publisher=The Linux Mint Blog
|accessdate=2013-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/linux-mint-reviews/linux-mint-13/|title=Linux Mint 13 MATE|date=May 24, 2012|publisher=Desktop Linux Reviews|accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/linux-mint-reviews/linux-mint-14-mate/|title=Linux Mint 14 MATE|date=January 2, 2013|publisher=Desktop Linux Reviews|accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linuxandlife.com/2013/06/linux-mint-15-olivia-mate-review.html|title=Linux Mint 15 Olivia MATE review|date=June 2, 2013|publisher=Linux and Life|accessdate=2013-10-09}}</ref> [[Sabayon Linux]] since release 10,<ref name="sabayon-releasenotes" /> a [[Fedora (operating system)#Spins|Fedora spin]] (since [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] 18),<ref name="fedora-18-proposal" /> and as the desktop environment in Ubuntu MATE 14.10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ubuntu MATE Utopic final release/|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-utopic-final-release/|accessdate=1 November 2014}}</ref>


== Reception ==
MATE is also available in the official repositories of several other Linux distributions, including [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], [[Arch Linux]], [[Debian]], [[Kali Linux]], [[Mageia]], [[ROSA Linux|ROSA]], [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]], [[openSUSE]] and [[PCLinuxOS]].<ref name=mate-in-official-repos>{{cite web|title=Which distributions support MATE?|url=http://www.mate-desktop.org/|accessdate=23 August 2014|quote=MATE is available via the official repositories for the following Linux distributions: Arch Linux Debian Fedora Gentoo Linux Mint Mageia openSUSE PCLinuxOS PLD Linux Point Linux Sabayon Salix Ubuntu}}</ref> Aside from that, there are third party repositories for [[Slackware]].<ref name="official-mate-packages" /> Version 3.5 and up of [[GhostBSD]] include MATE as the default desktop environment, making it the second inclusion of MATE as a default desktop, after Linux Mint,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghostbsd.org/newsletter/3.5_RELEASE |title=3.5 "Levi" Released |publisher=GhostBSD |date= |accessdate=2014-04-02}}</ref> and the first in a non-Linux OS. It is also available for [[FreeBSD]] (alongside its derivatives, such as [[PC-BSD]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebsd.org/gnome/ |title=The FreeBSD GNOME Project}}</ref> and [[NetBSD]]<ref>https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=netbsd&pkglist=true&version=pkgsrc#pkglist</ref> and is default on [[OpenIndiana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.open-source-feed.com/2016/08/illumos-based-openindiana-mate-20160816.html |title=Illumos based OpenIndiana MATE 2016.08.16 released |author=OpenSourceFeed |accessdate=2016-10-07 }}</ref>
{{Expand section|date=May 2022}}

MATE was criticized for having no [[Wayland (protocol)|Wayland]] support <ref>https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/when-will-mate-on-wayland-come-out/24254</ref> but in version 1.28 Wayland support was "initially added".<ref>https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/developers-corner/wayland-meson/</ref> Some users are now sticking more to the Wayland support, as Wayland has significant improvements since.
===Arch Linux===
MATE was initially announced on the Arch Linux forum on 18 June 2011,<ref name=perberos-announced-mate/> and became official community package in January 2014.

===Ubuntu MATE===
{{Main article||Ubuntu MATE}}
[[File:Ubuntu MATE logo.svg|thumb|250px|Ubuntu MATE logo]]
In November 2014, the Ubuntu MATE team released version 14.04 [[Long-term support|LTS]], which will be supported until April 2019.<ref name=omgubuntu14.04LTS>{{cite web|last1=Sneddon|first1=Joey-Elijah|title=Ubuntu MATE 14.04 LTS Now Available to Download|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/11/ubuntu-mate-14-04-download-released|website=omgubuntu.co.uk|accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>

In March 2015, Ubuntu MATE was granted official Ubuntu flavour status from version 15.04 onwards.<ref name="Sneddon01Mar15">{{cite news|url = http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/ubuntu-15-04-beta-downloads-now-live-ubuntu-mate-made-an-official-flavor|title = Ubuntu 15.04 Beta Available to Download, Ubuntu MATE Is Now An Official Flavor|accessdate = 1 March 2015|last = Sneddon|first = Joey|date = 1 March 2015| work = OMG Ubuntu}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" widths=400px heights=200px>
File:PV-BSD 10.1.2 MATE Screenshot.png|Screenshot of a [[PC-BSD]] 10.1.2 desktop (MATE) with dual monitor (dual head, pivot). The running free and open source ([[FOSS]]) programs are: [[GIMP]], [[OpenShot Video Editor]], file manager, [[Eric Python IDE|Eric]] Python development [[Integrated development environment|IDE]]. Also shown: [[Minecraft]] 1.8.7 (with "Forge" mods).

File:MATE 1.10.png|Screenshot of MATE 1.10, GTK3 version, on [[Manjaro Linux]].
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open source software|Linux}}
*[[Cinnamon (software)]] - desktop environment developed by the Linux Mint team and based on Gtk 3
*[[Xfce]] - similarly lightweight desktop environment that also utilizes the GTK+ application framework
* [[Budgie (desktop environment)|Budgie]]
* [[Cinnamon (software)|Cinnamon]]
* [[GNOME Flashback]]
* [[LXDE]]
* [[LXQt]]
* [[Xfce]]


== References ==
== References ==
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<ref name="caja-13">{{citation |url=http://blog.karapetsas.com/posts/2012-06-17-whats-new-in-next-caja.html |title=What's new in next Caja |first=Stefano |last=Karapetsas |work=Stefano Karapetsas's Blog |date=2012-06-17 |accessdate=2014-04-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="caja-13">{{Citation |last=Karapetsas |first=Stefano |title=What's new in next Caja |date=June 17, 2012 |url=http://blog.karapetsas.com/posts/2012-06-17-whats-new-in-next-caja.html |work=Stefano Karapetsas's Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192106/http://blog.karapetsas.com/posts/2012-06-17-whats-new-in-next-caja.html |access-date=2014-04-15 |archive-date=April 16, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="caja-undo">{{citation |url=http://blog.karapetsas.com/posts/2012-01-03-undo-redo-in-caja.html |title=Undo/Redo in Caja |first=Stefano |last=Karapetsas |work=Stefano Karapetsas's Blog |date=2012-01-03 |accessdate=2014-04-15 }}</ref>

<ref name="digitizor-torvalds">{{citation |title=Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME For Xfce |url=http://digitizor.com/2011/08/04/linus-torvalds-ditches-gnome-for-xfce/ |first=Ricky|last=Laishram|publisher=Digitizor |date=2011-08-04 |accessdate=2011-11-08 |quote=While you are at it, could you also fork gnome, and support a gnome-2 environment? – [[Linus Torvalds]] }}.</ref>

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Latest revision as of 05:04, 17 December 2024

For other uses, see Mate.

MATE
Developer(s)Clement Lefebvre, Perberos, Stefano Karapetsas, et al.[1]
Initial releaseAugust 19, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-19)
Stable release
1.28.2[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 11 March 2024
Repository
Written inC[3]
Operating systemUnix-like, Unix
TypeDesktop environment
LicenseGPLv2+, LGPLv2+
Websitemate-desktop.org

MATE (/ˈmɑːteɪ/)[4] is a desktop environment composed of free and open-source software that runs on Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems such as BSD, and illumos.[5][6]

Name

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MATE is named after the South American plant yerba mate and tea made from the herb, mate.[4] The name is stylized in all capital letters to follow the nomenclature of other Free Software desktop environments like KDE and LXDE. The recursive backronym "MATE Advanced Traditional Environment" was subsequently adopted by most of the MATE community, again in the spirit of Free Software like GNU ("GNU's Not Unix!").[7] The use of a new name, instead of GNOME, avoids naming conflicts with GNOME 3 components.[7]

History

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Perberos, an Argentine user of Arch Linux, started the MATE project[8] to fork and continue GNOME 2 in response to the negative reception of GNOME 3, which had replaced its traditional taskbar (GNOME Panel) with GNOME Shell. MATE aims to maintain and continue the latest GNOME 2 code base, frameworks, and core applications.[9][10][11]

MATE was initially announced for Debian on November 8, 2013, at its official website.[12]

MATE became an official Arch Linux community package in January 2014.[citation needed]

Component applications

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See also: List of GTK applications
Showing a main component of "Caja" file-manager

MATE has forked a number of applications which originated as GNOME Core Applications, and developers have written several other applications from scratch. The forked applications have new names, most of them from Spanish.[13]

Mate applications
Application name Spanish translation Forked from Description Features
Atril lectern Evince Document viewer EPUB support

Caret navigation support[14]

Caja box GNOME Files (Nautilus) File Manager Extension support[15]
Engrampa staple Archive Manager (File Roller) File archiver
Eye of MATE Eye of GNOME Image viewer
MATE Calculator GNOME Calculator Calculator
MATE Control Center GNOME Control Center MATE desktop settings
MATE System Monitor GNOME System Monitor Graphical resource monitor
MATE Terminal GNOME Terminal Terminal emulator
marco frame Metacity MATE window manager
Mozo waiter Alacarte Menu editor
Pluma pen Gedit Text editor
Screenshot of Caja file manager: v.1.26
Caja-about, version 1.26

Development

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Screenshot of MATE 1.10, GTK3 version, on Manjaro Linux

MATE fully supports the GTK 3 application framework. The project is supported by Ubuntu MATE lead developer Martin Wimpress and by the Linux Mint development team:

We consider MATE yet another desktop, just like KDE, Gnome 3, Xfce etc... and based on the popularity of Gnome 2 in previous releases of Linux Mint, we are dedicated to support it and to help it improve. The most popular Linux desktop was, and arguably is, Gnome 2.[16]

New features have been added to Caja such as undo/redo[17] and diff viewing for file replacements.[18] MATE 1.6 removes some deprecated libraries, moving from mate-conf (a fork of GConf) to GSettings, and from mate-corba (a fork of GNOME's Bonobo) to D-Bus.

One of the aims of the MATE developers is to provide a traditional user experience while using the newest technologies. In MATE 1.20, which was released in February 2018, support for HiDPI was added and the GTK version got increased to 3.22. The MATE 1.22 release migrated many programs from Python 2 to Python 3 and from dbus-glib to GDBus. In an upcoming version, support for Wayland will be added.[19]

Release history

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Screenshot of a PC-BSD 10.1.2 desktop (MATE) with dual monitor (dual head, pivot). The running free and open-source (FOSS) programs are: GIMP, OpenShot Video Editor, file manager, Eric Python development IDE. Also shown: Minecraft 1.8.7 (with "Forge" mods).

Note that there are an odd number of versions between each official release. They are treated as versions under development, and are not announced as official releases.

Date Version
2011-06-18 Announced at Arch Linux forum[20]
2011-08-19 Initial release[citation needed]
2012-04-16 1.2
2012-07-30 1.4
2013-04-02 1.6
2014-03-04 1.8
2015-06-11 1.10
2015-11-05 1.12
2016-04-08 1.14
2016-09-21 1.16
2017-03-13 1.18
2018-02-07 1.20
2019-03-18 1.22
2020-02-10 1.24
2021-08-03 1.26
2024-02-12 1.28[21]

Adoption

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The MATE website lists 27 Linux distributions and 5 Unix-like operating systems that support the MATE desktop environment.[22]

Reception

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MATE was criticized for having no Wayland support [23] but in version 1.28 Wayland support was "initially added".[24] Some users are now sticking more to the Wayland support, as Wayland has significant improvements since.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "MATE Developers". December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "version 1.28.2". March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  3. ^ "MATE". github.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "MATE Desktop Environment – Where does the name come from?", MATE, archived from the original on May 6, 2021, retrieved July 3, 2015
  5. ^ "Installation - MATE wiki". Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Mate and new test ISOs – openindiana". Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "MATE desktop". O'Reilly Media. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Mate Desktop Environment – GNOME2 fork (Page 1) / Community Contributions / Arch Linux Forums". August 21, 2014. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "A Gnome 2 Fork: The MATE Desktop Environment", ingeek, November 17, 2011, archived from the original on February 14, 2014, retrieved December 12, 2016
  10. ^ Larabel, Michael (August 17, 2011), "A Fork Of GNOME 2: The Mate Desktop", Phoronix, archived from the original on June 30, 2016, retrieved December 4, 2011
  11. ^ Laishram, Ricky (August 4, 2011), Linus Torvalds Ditches GNOME For Xfce, Digitizor, archived from the original on April 11, 2015, retrieved May 28, 2021, While you are at it, could you also fork gnome, and support a gnome-2 environment? – Linus Torvalds.
  12. ^ Karapetsas, Stefano (November 8, 2013). "Debian MATE Packaging Team". MATE. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  13. ^ "MATEwiki". mate-desktop.org. Archived from the original on September 19, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
  14. ^ Wimpress, Martin (February 7, 2018). "MATE 1.20 released". MATE. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  15. ^ "MATE 1.26 released". August 10, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  16. ^ Lefebvre, Clem (December 1, 2011), "Important fix for MATE – Feedback needed", The Linux Mint Blog, archived from the original on December 3, 2011, retrieved December 10, 2011
  17. ^ Karapetsas, Stefano (January 3, 2012), "Undo/Redo in Caja", Stefano Karapetsas's Blog, archived from the original on April 16, 2014, retrieved April 15, 2014
  18. ^ Karapetsas, Stefano (June 17, 2012), "What's new in next Caja", Stefano Karapetsas's Blog, archived from the original on April 16, 2014, retrieved April 15, 2014
  19. ^ "Wayland and Meson - MATE wiki". Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  20. ^ "Mate Desktop Environment – GNOME2 fork / Community Contributions / Arch Linux Forums". Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  21. ^ "Index of /releases/1.28/". pub.mate-desktop.org. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  22. ^ "MATE Desktop Environment". MATE. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  23. ^ https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/when-will-mate-on-wayland-come-out/24254
  24. ^ https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/developers-corner/wayland-meson/
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