Ubuntu
Mate is a Ubuntu derivative distribution equipped with Mate
desktop environment. Ubuntu Mate has been recently
admitted among the official
Ubuntu derivatives, I've been reading some very positive post about
it so I decided for giving it a quick (live) look on the EEEPC even
if I had
already reinstalled my netbook computer with Xubuntu,
First
impressions
After
the usual process of preparing a USB disk an booting the netbook from
it I've been welcomed from a very Gnome-2-looking interface.
The
default interface provide the usual Applications, Places
and System menus:
Compliant
to the “old style” philosophy Mate offers a great variety
of settings
and
setting-up your customized desktop is just matter of minutes
Nice
but … is it worth switching to?
Mate
on Ubuntu works fine and it's lightweight enough to run smooth even
on the EEEPC. I can see advantages of using Mate over more
heavyweight desktops like Gnome or Unity but would I have any
advantages in using Mate instead of XFCE
on my netbook? XFCE already provide me with all the “classic”
user interface features together with a great stability and community
support. Mate doesn't have any visible lack of features but also
doesn't have anything of really appealing to make me think over my
EEEPC installation choice. I'll keep en eye on it, of course, since
I'm still curious to see how this desktop environment, born like a
“Gnome 2 replica”, is going to be in the future.
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