Ubuntu MATE is one among the most popular and successful official derivatives of Ubuntu. Within a relatively small span, it has acquired a lot of growth both in terms of popularity and financial base. The distribution occupied the space left by the classical Ubuntu releases with GNOME 2.x Desktop.
Ubuntu MATE 18.04 is a stable release of Ubuntu MATE project. The initial idea of this project was to retain the user experience provided by the earlier Ubuntu releases, however, the Ubuntu MATE 18.04 comes with some significant changes including the Brisk Menu, a modern application menu developed by Solus project in collaboration with Ubuntu MATE.
Let's have a quick tour through various screens of Ubuntu MATE 18.04.
Ubuntu MATE 18.04 is a stable release of Ubuntu MATE project. The initial idea of this project was to retain the user experience provided by the earlier Ubuntu releases, however, the Ubuntu MATE 18.04 comes with some significant changes including the Brisk Menu, a modern application menu developed by Solus project in collaboration with Ubuntu MATE.
Let's have a quick tour through various screens of Ubuntu MATE 18.04.
| Distribution Name | Ubuntu MATE |
| Version | 18.04 |
| Code name | Bionic Beaver |
| Release Date | 23rd April 2018 |
| Desktop Environment | MATE Desktop |
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| Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Desktop - MATE welcome greets the user when they login to the system after installation |
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| MATE Welcome introduces the operating system to end users |
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| Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Desktop - Initial impression |
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| About Ubuntu MATE - MATE System Monitor |
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| For the first time, Ubuntu MATE has shipped the Brisk Menu, a modern application menu developed by Solus in collaboration with Ubuntu MATE. This menu can also be launched by hitting Super Key. |
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| Caja File Manager |
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| MATE Terminal |
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| Multitasking Demonstration |
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| Mozilla Firefox |
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| Instead of using XApps developed by Linux Mint project, Ubuntu MATE uses VLC Media Player to provide extended support for various multimedia files |
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| Rhythmbox steaming a song from online source |
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| Shotwell Image manager |
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| LibreOffice Writer |
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| Software Boutique is a part of MATE welcome and it helps to install various common tools and applciations |
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| Software Boutique also provides some miscellaneous scripts to fix package management related issues |
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| MATE Control Center is a central location to look for all configuration options related to MATE Desktop & Ubuntu MATE |
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| Ubuntu MATE ships a wide range of wallpapers to choose from. |
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| Ubuntu MATE provides several layouts to choose from. With these predefined layouts, we can customized our system to look like other popular operating system. |
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| The Contemporary layout |
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| Cupertino layout |
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| Mutiny layout |
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| Netbook layout |
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| Pantheon layout |
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| Redmond layout |
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| Traditional layout |
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| System Monitor showing resource usage on idle state. It shows that, Ubuntu MATE consumes 930 MB of memory on idle state, which is simply unbelievable |
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| Top utility shows a more believable result. According to it, Ubuntu MATE takes around 400 MB memory on idle state |
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| The system menu |
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| Shutdown confirmation |
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