Ubuntu MATE

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Reader supplied reviews for Ubuntu MATE Average rating 8.3 from 67 review(s) What are your thoughts on Ubuntu MATE? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 23.1023.0422.1022.0421.1021.0420.1020.0419.1019.0418.1018.0417.1017.0416.1016.0415.1015.0414.1014.04.2 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 22.10 Rating: 9 Date: 2024-01-15 Votes: 4 Experience has been excellent so far. My 2008 Macbook with Intel Core 2 Duo has a Broadcom Wireless that most distros can't seem to load drivers for, even other Ubuntu ones. The Nvidia card drivers seem to be impossible to install but the Nouvelle driver with Mate does an admirable job, especially giving me some fan cooling. Mate runs well on the 8gigs of ram and 250 gig SSD. On this machine Ubuntu Mate is the only distro I will run. On several laptops I have tried over 20 different Linux distros over the last 5 years. Ubuntu Mate is a keeper. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 23.04 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-08-23 Votes: 13 I think Ubuntu mate is perfect for users looking for a light weight linux experience that doesn't feel too compromised, which can happen quite often with lightweight desktop environments like LXQT. Ubuntu Mate isn't going to win any awards in terms of innovation but it's certainly leagues ahead in terms of appearance and usability compared with LXQT distros while at the same time managing to remain in the lightweight side of the spectrum; I'm currently running ubuntu mate in a very low end machine (dual core celereon cpu, 4gb of ram) and I already feel a noticeable performance improvement compared with Kubuntu and linux mint, the 2 distros I used before this one. In conclusion, if you're looking for a lightweight linux distro you really can't go wrong with ubuntu mate, it's easily one of the best options out there. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 23.04 Rating: 9 Date: 2023-05-28 Votes: 16 I am a low-tech user who has used Ubuntu-Mate for several years. Being low-tech limits my Linux options. I selected the Mate version over Ubuntu because Ubuntu-Mate makes it easy for me to save icons on the desktop. I keep things like the updater there so I can do computer housekeeping with fewer keystrokes before I go online and open files. Just open the dropdown menu, find the software, right click and save to desktop. Ubuntu offers the Mate desktop, but I decided to run Mate through Ubuntu-Mate, thinking the Ubuntu-Mate staff may solve some bugs not addressed by Ubuntu if I just selected the Mate desktop. I know the Cinnamon desktop offers the same feature for Ubuntu now. Oh, since the download file was smaller on Ubuntu-Mate, I was thinking Ubuntu-Mate would run a little faster on my old computer than running Ubuntu with the Mate desktop. Remember, low-tech user here. That was my assumption, not a statement of fact. I have Mate loaded on two HP's that are about 7 and 9 years old. I use the 7 year old one to do things like banking and taxes where I want my information to be secure. I have updated from prior versions for a couple of years on that one. I play with 9 year old computer when I have time. I have a fresh install of 23.04 on that one. The 9 year old computer with the fresh install runs almost as fast as the 7 year old computer. The 9 year old HP used to be much slower, so Mate must be running faster now. Being a low tech user, I have no idea what has carried over from prior Mate versions that slows the 7 year old HP down. The main difference that I see is old theme that I think was called blue-submarine is not available in 23.04. The color/theme options are very limited with 23.04, but that may be a tradeoff for speed. I know more themes are available by download, but I am a low tech user who usually fails when I try to use the terminal. That will be something to play with on the older computer when I have time. I want to vote for a little more "visual variation", but with my Linux computers being 7 and 9 years old, the footprint and function may become more important to me soon. I used to play with other Linux versions in VirtualBox, but something happened a few years ago where I lost the ability to make it full screen. I know that is an issue with Ubuntu, but I used to find a way around it by clicking full screen as soon as I started the virtual system. I finally found some time with 23.04 to work through some other issues to get VirualBox working at about half screen. Now I can play with VirtualBox again if I can find some time. I don't use a printer at home or do online gaming or Bluetooth anything, so I can't give any advice on those issues. But if you want to resurrect an old computer that Windows refuses to run on or just want to get away from Windows, I highly recommend Ubuntu-Mate for the low-tech user. If you find a Linux home like I have and can afford it, try to make periodic financial contributions to keep them available: Ubuntu-Mate, Ubuntu, Libre Office, etc. I need to check when the last time was that I contributed. Thanks Ubuntu-Mate team. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 67 reader reviews of Ubuntu MATE...