MATE (software) facts for kids
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MATE desktop environment version 1.8
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| Developer(s) | Perberos and MATE Developers |
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| Initial release | August 19, 2011 |
| Stable release |
1.20 / February 7, 2018
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| Written in | C, C++, Python |
| Operating system | Unix-like with X11 |
| Type | Desktop environment |
| License | GNU LGPL, GNU GPL |
MATE is a desktop environment for Linux. It is based on an older version of the desktop environment GNOME, called GNOME 2. Many people in the Linux community did not like the way GNOME 3 (or GNOME Shell) looked, and wanted GNOME 2. This called for someone to fork from part of an existing program) of GNOME based on GNOME 2. An Arch Linux user created MATE, it is named after a South American plant called Yerba Mate and the tea made from the plant, "mate."
Programs that it comes with
MATE comes with programs that are forked from GNOME's classic programs, and they have not changed much from when they were in GNOME. Some of them were made from scratch, not based on a GNOME program. The forked programs were named in spanish, like MATE itself.
- Caja (box) – (from Nautilus)
- Pluma (quill) – Change or view text (from Gedit)
- Eye of MATE – View picture files (from Eye of GNOME)
- Atril (lectern) – View documents (from Evince)
- Engrampa (staple) – Open or change digital archives (from File Roller)
- MATE Terminal – Command prompt or console (from GNOME Terminal)
- Marco (frame) – Window manager (from Metacity)
Images for kids
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Showing a main component of "Caja" file-manager
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screenshot of Caja file manager: v.1.26
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Caja-about, version 1.26
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Screenshot of MATE 1.10, GTK3 version, on Manjaro Linux
See also
In Spanish: MATE para niños
