MATE (software)

MATE

A typical MATE desktop environment
Developer(s)	Clement Lefebvre, Perberos, Stefano Karapetsas, et al.[1]
Initial release	August 19, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-19)
Stable release	1.28.2[2]  / 11 March 2024
Repository	github.com/mate-desktop/mate-desktop
Written in	C, C++, Python[3]
Operating system	Unix-like with X11 (X Window System)
Type	Desktop environment
License	GPLv2, LGPLv2
Website	mate-desktop.org

MATE is a desktop environment for Linux.^[4] It is based on an older version of the desktop environment GNOME, called GNOME 2.^[5] Many people in the Linux community did not like the way GNOME 3 (or GNOME Shell) looked, and wanted GNOME 2. This called for someone to fork from part of an existing program) of GNOME based on GNOME 2. An Arch Linux user created MATE, it is named after a South American plant called Yerba Mate and the tea made from the plant, "mate."^[6]

1. ↑ MATE Developers
2. ↑ "version 1.28.2". 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
3. ↑ "MATE". github.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
4. ↑ Emmett Dulaney, Linux All-in-One For Dummies (Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2014), pp. 77–78
5. ↑ Michael Larabel (17 February 2014). "GNOME2-Forked MATE Desktop Is Being Ported To Wayland". Phoronix Media. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
6. ↑ "MATE Desktop Environment". The MATE Team. 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.