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MATE is a fork of the Gnome 2 code base, created in response to the many breaking changes in Gnome 3, many of which were met with disapproval by long-time Gnome users.
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LicenseGPL
Programming Languagemostly C
Widget ToolkitGTK+
Available on*nix
Pros
Pro Traditional desktop experience
MATE uses a traditional desktop layout with panels that can be extended through plugins. It also disables some GTK3/GNOME3 features like: client side decorations and overlay scrollbars. MATE applications have also not introduced touch based ui elements like: popover menus and switch buttons.
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