MATE 1.14.1 (Desktop Environment) Available PPA For Ubuntu 16.10 ‘Yakkety Yak’

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.

Default applications
When taking a peek inside the desktop environment, we can immediately notice the Caja file manager forked from Nautilus, Pluma text editor forked from Gedit, Eye of MATE image viewer forked from Eye of GNOME, and Atril document viewer forked from Evince.

Additionally, the Engrampa compression utility is a fork of File Roller, the terminal emulator app is called MATE Terminal and it’s a fork of GNOME Terminal, and the Marco window manager has been forked from Metacity.

What’s new Since in MATE 1.14.0 :

• 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!

How to Install MATE 1.14.1 (Desktop Environment) on Ubuntu 16.10 ‘Yakkety Yak’ [PPA] :