Ubuntu-MATE

Ubuntu è la distribuzione Linux basata su Debian sviluppata da Canonical disponibile gratuitamente (tramite il supporto della comunità) oppure professionalmente a pagamento. Il desktop manager utilizzato è Unity, sviluppato dalla stessa Canonical, ma sono disponibili anche gli altri desktop manager (Gnome, KDE, XFCE…)

Ubuntu-MATE è uno spinoff diventato ufficiale e realizzato col desktop MATE.

Versione 17.10

Questa versione contiene (in Inglese):

• Ubuntu MATE now features a Global Menu implementation provided via vala-panel-appmenu and most of the Ubuntu indicators are now available with MATE compatibility.
• Upgraded to MATE HUD 17.10.9-0ubuntu1 which fixes broken event replay due to synchronous key grab.
• Upgraded to MATE Optimus 17.10.1-1ubuntu0 which now features nvidia hardware detection, including external Thunderbolt connected devices.
• Upgraded to Brisk Menu 0.4.5 has improved Super key support and numerous fixes, plus a few settings that MATE Tweak can manipulate to augment how Brisk is presented in different layouts.
• Upgraded to MATE Menu 17.10.8-0ubuntu1 now has better relevance of launcher search results, can now optionally search Duck Duck Go, has numerous fixes and that all important Super key was improved.
• Upgraded to MATE Dock Applet 0.79 has improved Super key support and several bug fixes.
• Upgraded to Ubuntu MATE Welcome 17.10.15 has been stocked with even more new applications for you to discover and
  • The all new Software Boutique is not ready yet, so this is the Boutique you know and love. Just better stocked.
• Added PulseMixer snap to the default install.
• Removed Synapse and HexChat from the default install.
• Added Redshift, which adjusts the colour temperature of your screen according to your surroundings, is installed by default but not enabled by default.
• Dropped caja-gksu and migrated gdebi to PolicyKit – Thanks Simon Quigley
  • caja-admin has replaced caja-gksu
  • gksu is being removed from Debian so we are aligning with that objective by removing gksu from Ubuntu MATE.
• Caja now includes the GtkHash and Caja Rename extensions.
• New Ubiquity Slide Show
  • Completely redesigned to introduce users to more of the features unique to Ubuntu MATE.
  • Added Ubuntu MATE logo to Ubiquity.
• Patched unity-gtk-module to fix ghosting artefacts when dragging and dropping icons.
• Many of the Ubuntu MATE defaults have been changed or updated
  • Replaced lightdm-gtk-greeter with slick-greeter.
  • Added keybindings for Shift + Print Screen to grab a screen area when taking a screenshot.
  • Added defaults for Chromium, which will show the Ubuntu MATE Start page, should you install it.
  • Added sane defaults and tookit integration for smplayer, should you install it.
• MATE Desktop 1.18 has seen many updates, with lots of bugs fixes. Nothing new, just be more stability.
  • Some long standing bugs with systemd integration and DBus session activation have been fixed.
• The Ubuntu MATE themes have been improved via the release of ubuntu-mate-artwork 17.10.10
  • Several improvements Plymouth splash screens, both text and graphical varieties.
  • Add missing panel-grid to Radiant-MATE.
  • Improve linked button styling for message dialogs.
  • Add syntax for panel-grid image to support MATE 1.20.
  • Improve clock-applet-button so it is consistent with other buttons.
  • Add top border-radius for .titlebar > headerbar – workaround for incorrect upstream use of the GTK API
  • Improved notebook (tab) styling.
  • Updated GtkSourceView themes (used by text editors).
  • Add bold style classes for Global Menu.
  • Fix color of grey-out arrows in menus.
  • Fix padding of primary/secondary image in GtkEntry.
  • Improve menu items by adding slightly more padding.
  • Add a minimal padding to na-tray-applets.
  • Add the Ubuntu MATE logo as the distributor-logo.
  • Fix incorrect CSS syntax for Caja.
  • Fix world-map border color in clock-applet.
  • Fix GtkScale slider mouse-selection if slider is out of range.
  • Fix height of headerbar for metacity-theme-viewer – workaround for incorrect upstream use of the GTK API
  • Fix border color of scrollbars.
  • Remove obsolete chrom{e|ium} styling.
  • Remove unwanted backdrop states.
• Experimental HiDPI support is a little less experimental.
• …and a whole lot of other little improvements and fixes.

Risorse

La distribuzione può essere scaricata da:

• 64 bit (1,6GB): http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/17.10/release/ubuntu-mate-17.10-desktop-amd64.iso
• 64 bit torrent: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/17.10/release/ubuntu-mate-17.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

Il sito web del produttore è: http://www.ubuntu.com

Screenshot

Ubuntu MATE 17.10

Conclusioni

Si può aggiornare dalla versione precedente