Ubuntu MATE 23.10 is more of what you like, stable MATE Desktop on top of current Ubuntu. This release rolls up a number of bugs fixes and updates that continues to build on recent releases, where the focus has been on improving stability ? Thank you! ? **I’d like to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who has played an active role in improving Ubuntu MATE for this release ? From reporting bugs, submitting translations, providing patches, contributing to our crowd-funding, developing new features, creating artwork, offering community support, actively testing and providing QA feedback to writ ..read more

We are preparing Ubuntu MATE 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) for distribution on October 20th, 2022. With this Beta pre-release, you can see what we are trying out in preparation for our next (stable) version. Ubuntu MATE 22.10 is a modest update by recent standards and focused on “quality of life improvements”. And there is good reason why this release of Ubuntu MATE doesn’t feature the usual bucket ? list of changes you’d typically expect, and that’s because I’ve been helping bring the full Ubuntu MATE experience to Debian MATE ? This may raise some questions for Ubuntu MATE users, so let’s try and a ..read more

We are preparing Ubuntu MATE 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) for distribution on April 21st, 2022. With this Beta pre-release, you can see what we are trying out in preparation for our next (stable) version. Ubuntu MATE 22.04 is the culmination of 2 years of continual improvement ? to Ubuntu and MATE Desktop. As is tradition, the LTS development cycle has a keen focus on eliminating paper ? cuts ? but we’ve jammed in some new features and a fresh coat of paint too ? The following is a summary of what’s new since Ubuntu MATE 21.10 and some reminders of how we got here from 20.04. Read on to learn mor ..read more

In what has become something of a tradition, the Ubuntu MATE team have released images for the GPD Pocket 3 modular handheld PC. Many thanks to the team at GPD for providing sample hardware for us to work with! Ubuntu MATE 21.10 running on the GPD Pocket 3 GPD Pocket 3 Download The Ubuntu MATE 21.10 image for GPD Pocket 3 is available for download now Downloads Tweaks for the GPD Pocket 3: All the hardware in the GPD Pocket 3 works with a modern Linux OS, but some configuration tweaking is required to deliver an optimised “out of box” experience. Here’s what we did: Enable frame buffer and Xo ..read more

The significant change in Ubuntu MATE 21.10 is the introduction of MATE Desktop 1.26.0 ✨ which was 18 months in the making. Thanks to the optimisations in MATE Desktop 1.26, Ubuntu MATE 21.10 is faster and leaner ? Ubuntu MATE 21.10 (Impish Indri). What changed since the Ubuntu MATE 21.04? Here are the highlights of what’s changed since the release of Hirsute Hippo ? MATE Desktop ? A significant effort ? has been invested in fixing bugs ? in MATE Desktop 1.26.0, optimising performance ⚡ and plugging memory leaks. MATE Desktop is faster and leaner as a result and it’s underpinnings have been mo ..read more

Can you smell ? that? That’s the smell of fresh paint ? with just a hint of cucumber ? Ubuntu MATE 21.04 is here and it has a new look thanks to the collaboration with the Yaru team. This release marks the start of a new visual direction for Ubuntu MATE, while retaining the features you’ve come to love ? Read on to learn ? what we’ve been working on over the last 6 months and get some insight to what we’ll be working on next. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our thanks ? to everyone who contributed to this release, including: The Yaru team for welcoming us so warmly ? into the ..read more

The releases following an LTS are always a good time ⌚ to make changes the set the future direction ?️ of the distribution with an eye on where we want to be for the next LTS release. Therefore, Ubuntu MATE 20.10 ships with that latest MATE Desktop 1.24.1, keeps paces with other developments within Ubuntu (such as Active Directory authentication) and migrated to the Ayatana Indicators project. If you want bug fixes :bug:, kernel updates :corn:, a new web camera control :movie_camera:, and a new indicator :point_right: experience, then 20.10 is for you :tada:. Ubuntu MATE 20.10 will be supporte ..read more

Ubuntu MATE 19.04 is a modest upgrade over previous releases. If you want bug fixes and improved hardware support, particularly for NVIDIA GPU owners, then 19.04 is for you. Oh yeah, we've also made bespoke Ubuntu MATE 19.04 images for the GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2. Read on to learn more... Ubuntu MATE 19.04 with the Mutiny layout What changed since the Ubuntu MATE 18.10 final release? Those of you who follow the desktop Linux news will know that upstream MATE Desktop recently released version 1.22. Let's rip that band-aid off and get this over quickly. Ubuntu MATE 19.04 is shipping with ..read more