MATE 1.14 Desktop Environment Released, What News on This Version

MATE is an open source desktop environment, a fork of the GNOME 2 window manager, specifically designed to be used by Linux OS developers who want to create lightweight, yet usable distributions that run on low-end computers.

Similar to GNOME Classic

Just like the GNOME desktop environment, MATE is comprised of several independent packages, which means that users can install the base and then add as many packages as they want.

MATE 1.14 is a result of 5 months of development efforts contributed by developers across the globe. Following are some new features in this release.

Improved GTK+3 support across the entire MATE Desktop.
Full GTK 3.20 support in all MATE themes.
Client Side Decorated applications render correctly in all themes.
Completely ported MATE System Monitor and Mozo to GTK+3 only.
Touchpad configuration now supports edge and two-finger scrolling independently.
Python extensions in Caja can now be managed separately.
All three window focus modes are selectable.
MATE Panel now has the ability to change icon sizes for menubar and menu items.
MATE NetSpeed Applet has been merged into the MATE Applets package.
MATE Terminal support VTE 2.91 API when built for GTK+3.
Volume and Brightness OSD can now be enabled/disabled.
Translations are updated. Thank you to our team of translators!

If you haven’t clicked the link above to access the MATE 1.14 changelog, we can tell you that it adds better GTK+3 support, especially for the GTK+ 3.20 release, and removes the old mate-conf-import tool and MateConf migration script.

Other than that, it looks like the MATE NetSpeed Applet, MATE Panel, and MATE Terminal have received some improvements, there’s better Client Side Decorations (CSD) support, the Mozo and MATE System Monitor apps have been ported to GTK+3, and it’s possible to enable or disable the Volume and Brightness OSD.

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