Ubuntu MATE

Ubuntu MATE
The Ubuntu MATE logo
Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat"
DeveloperUbuntu MATE team
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release23 October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-23)
Latest release24.04 LTS / 25 April 2024; 4 months ago (2024-04-25) [1]
Available inMultilingual
Update methodAPT (Software Updater, Ubuntu Software Center)
Package managerdpkg
PlatformsIA-32 (defunct), x86-64, PowerPC, ARM
Kernel typeMonolithic
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface
MATE
LicenseFree software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official websiteubuntu-mate.org

Ubuntu MATE is a free and open-source Linux distribution and an official derivative of Ubuntu. Its main differentiation from Ubuntu is that it uses the MATE desktop environment as its default user interface (based on GNOME 2), instead of the GNOME 3 desktop environment that is the default user interface for Ubuntu.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Noble Numbat Release Schedule". Ubuntu Community Hub. 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  2. ^ "UbuntuFlavours - Ubuntu Wiki".
  3. ^ Nestor, Marius (Apr 19, 2017). "Canonical to Make GNOME Default Session in Ubuntu 17.10, Likely Use Wayland". Softpedia. Retrieved 20 September 2017.