Ubuntu MATE

{{Short description|Official flavor of Ubuntu with the MATE desktop environment}}

{{Infobox OS

| name = Ubuntu MATE

| logo = Ubuntu MATE logo.svg

| logo alt = The Ubuntu MATE logo

| screenshot = File:Ubuntu MATE 25.04 Desktop.png

| caption = Ubuntu MATE 25.04 "Plucky Pluffin"

| developer = Ubuntu MATE team

| family = Linux (Unix-like)

| working state = Current

| source model = Open source

| released = {{Start date and age|2014|10|23|df=yes}}

| latest release version = 25.04 "Plucky Puffin"

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|04|17|df=yes}} {{Cite web|date=2025-04-17|title=Ubuntu MATE 24.10 Release Notes|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-plucky-puffin-release-notes/ |access-date=2025-04-22|website=ubuntu-mate.org|language=en}}

| language = Multilingual

| update model = APT (Software Updater, Ubuntu Software Center)

| package manager = dpkg

| supported platforms = IA-32 (defunct), x86-64, PowerPC, ARM

| kernel type = Monolithic

| userland = GNU

| ui = MATE

| license = Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)

| website = {{URL|https://ubuntu-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.{{cite web|title=UbuntuFlavours - Ubuntu Wiki|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors#Ubuntu_MATE}}{{cite web|last1=Nestor|first1=Marius|title=Canonical to Make GNOME Default Session in Ubuntu 17.10, Likely Use Wayland|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-to-make-gnome-default-session-in-ubuntu-17-10-likely-use-wayland-514991.shtml|website=Softpedia|access-date=20 September 2017|date=Apr 19, 2017}}

History

The Ubuntu MATE project was founded by Martin Wimpress and Alan Pope{{cite web|title=Team - Ubuntu MATE|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/team/}} and began as an unofficial derivative of Ubuntu, using an Ubuntu 14.10 base for its first release;{{cite web|title=Ubuntu MATE Sees Its First Release (14.10)|date=23 October 2014|url=http://www.webupd8.org/2014/10/ubuntu-mate-sees-its-first-release-1410.html}} a 14.04 LTS release followed shortly.{{cite web|title=Ubuntu MATE 14.04 LTS Available For Download|date=12 November 2014|url=http://www.webupd8.org/2014/11/ubuntu-mate-1404-lts-available-for.html}} As of February 2015, Ubuntu MATE gained the official Ubuntu flavour status from Canonical as per the release of 15.04 Beta 1.{{cite web|last=Sneddon|first=Joey-Ellijah|title=Ubuntu MATE Is Now An Official Ubuntu Flavor|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/ubuntu-mate-is-now-an-official-ubuntu-flavor|website=omgubuntu.co.uk|date=26 February 2015|access-date=17 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=GNOME 2 is back: Ubuntu MATE is now an official flavor|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2893647/gnome-2-is-back-ubuntu-mate-is-now-an-official-flavor.html}} In addition to IA-32 and x86-64 which were the initial supported platforms, Ubuntu MATE also supports PowerPC and ARMv7 (on the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/download|title=Download Ubuntu MATE|publisher=Ubuntu MATE Team|website=Ubuntu MATE|access-date=21 July 2016}} as well as the ODROID XU4{{cite web|url=https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/os_images/linux/ubuntu_4.14/20180501|title=Release Note of Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS (v4.0)|publisher=HardKernel|website=Ubuntu MATE For XU4|access-date=2 November 2018}}).

In April 2015, Ubuntu MATE announced a partnership with British computer reseller Entroware, enabling Entroware customers to purchase laptop and desktop computers with Ubuntu MATE preinstalled with full support.{{cite web|title=Ubuntu MATE Inks First Hardware Deal|date=10 April 2015|url=http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/04/ubuntu-mate-inks-first-hardware-deal}} Several other hardware deals were announced later.

In Ubuntu MATE 18.10, 32-bit support was dropped.{{cite web|title=Dropping 32-bit support|website=DistroWatch|url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=5913}}

Releases

class=wikitable
style=background:#d4f4b4\|Current release \|style=background:#fdb3ab\|Release no longer supported \|style=background:#fef8c6\|Release still supported \|style=background:#c1e6f5\|Future release

class=wikitable

style=background:#d4f4b4|Current release

|style=background:#fdb3ab|Release no longer supported

|style=background:#fef8c6|Release still supported

|style=background:#c1e6f5|Future release

class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
Version !Codename !Release date !Supported until !Remarks
style=background:#fdb3ab\|14.04 LTS \|Trusty Tahr \|2014-11-11 \|April 2019 \|Released after the 14.10 release in order to provide long-term support until 2019, following Ubuntu.
style=background:#fdb3ab\|14.10{{cite web\|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150316#ubuntumate\|website=DistroWatch\|title=First Impressions of Ubuntu MATE 14.10}} \|Utopic Unicorn \|2014-10-23 \|July 2015 \|First release of Ubuntu MATE.
style=background:#fdb3ab\|15.04 \|Vivid Vervet \|2015-04-23{{cite web\|title=VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule\|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule}} \|January 2016 \|First release as an official Ubuntu flavour.
style=background:#fdb3ab\|15.10{{cite web\|url=http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-werewolf-mate.html\|title=Ubuntu 15.10 MATE - The wolf that cried sheep\|website=Dedoimedo\|date=November 28, 2015}} \|Wily Werewolf \|2015-10-22{{cite web\|title=WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule\|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule}} \|July 2016 \|Features MATE 1.10, Ubuntu Software Center not installed by default.{{cite web\|title=Ubuntu MATE 15.10 Officially Released with a Huge Number of Improvements\|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-15-10-officially-released-with-a-huge-number-of-improvements-495078.shtml\|website=Softpedia\|date=22 October 2015\|access-date=23 October 2015}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|16.04 LTS \|Xenial Xerus \|2016-04-21 \|April 2019{{cite web\|title=Ubuntu MATE 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) Will Be an LTS Release, Supported for 3 Years\|date=18 April 2016\|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-16-04-xenial-xerus-will-be-an-lts-release-supported-for-3-years-503116.shtml}} \|First official LTS release; features MATE 1.12.x DE, expanded Welcome application and Software Boutique; has ZFS built-in by default.{{cite web\|last=Larabel\|first=Michael\|title=Taking ZFS For A Test Drive On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS\|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-xenial-zfs&num=1\|website=phoronix.com\|publisher=Phoronix Media\|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web\|title=How to install ubuntu mate onto single sdd with zfs as main fs\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/how-to-install-ubuntu-mate-onto-single-sdd-with-zfs-as-main-fs/3535\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=ubuntu-mate.community\|access-date=25 April 2016}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|16.10 \|Yakkety Yak \|2016-10-13{{cite web\|title=YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule - Ubuntu Wiki\|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule\|access-date=28 April 2016}} \|July 2017 \|Full GTK3+ implementation of the MATE Desktop. Most default applications are "Recommended" and can thus be uninstalled without issue.{{Cite news\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-yakkety-final-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 16.10\|last=Wimpress\|first=Martin\|date=2016-10-13\|work=Ubuntu MATE\|access-date=2017-11-27\|language=en}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|17.04 \|Zesty Zapus \|2017-04-13 \|January 2018 \|Concluded the migration to GTK3+.{{Cite news\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-zesty-final-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 17.04\|last=Wimpress\|first=Martin\|date=2017-04-13\|work=Ubuntu MATE\|access-date=2017-11-27\|language=en}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|17.10{{cite web\|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180122#ubuntumate\|website=Di stroWatch\|title=Ubuntu MATE 17.10}} \|Artful Aardvark \|2017-10-19 \|July 2018 \|17.10.1, was released on 12 January 2018. It fixed a problem that corrupted the UEFI & BIOS firmware.{{Cite news\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-artful-final-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 17.10\|last=Wimpress\|first=Martin\|date=2017-10-19\|work=Ubuntu MATE\|access-date=2017-11-27\|language=en}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|18.04 LTS{{cite web\|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/03/ubuntu-mate-18-04\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS: What's New?\|website=OMG! Ubuntu!}}{{cite web\|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-18-04-lts-will-ship-with-a-new-default-layout-called-familiar-520281.shtml\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS Will Ship with a New Default Layout Called "Familiar"\|first=Marius\|last=Nestor\|website=Softpedia News\|date=March 18, 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-beaver-mate.html\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Bionic Beaver - Medium-well\|website=Dedoimedo}}{{cite web\|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180730#budgiemate\|website=DistroWatch\|title=Ubuntu 18.04 – MATE and Budgie editions}} \|Bionic Beaver \|2018-04-26 \|April 2021 \|It includes support for GPD Pocket & Pocket 2, Raspberry Pi B2/B3/B3+.{{cite web\|url=http://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-beta1\|first=Martin\|last=Wimpress\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta 1\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|date=9 March 2018}}{{cite web\|url=http://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-beta2\|first=Martin\|last=Wimpress\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta 2\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|date=5 April 2018}}{{cite web\|url=http://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-final-release\|first=Martin\|last=Wimpress\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS Final Release\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|date=26 April 2018}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|18.10{{cite web\|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/ubuntu-18-10-flavors-released\|title=Ubuntu 18.10 Flavors Released, Ready to Download\|website=OMG! Ubuntu!}}{{cite web\|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-18-10-will-drop-32-bit-support-for-new-installations-520980.shtml\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 Will Drop 32-Bit Support for New Installations\|first=Marius\|last=Nestor\|website=Softpedia News\|date=May 4, 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20181022#ubuntumate\|website=DistroWatch\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10}} \|Cosmic Cuttlefish \|2018-10-18 \|July 2019 \|First non-LTS 64-bit-only release, end of 32-bit support. Features MATE 1.20.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-cosmic-beta\|first=Martin\|last=Wimpress\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 Beta\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|date=27 September 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-cosmic-final-release\|first=Martin\|last=Wimpress\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 Final Release\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|date=18 October 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/ubuntu-mate-18-10-gpd-pocket-laptop\|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 is Now Available for the GPD Pocket Laptop\|website=OMG! Ubuntu!\|date=19 October 2018}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|19.04 \|Disco Dingo \|2019-04-18 \|January 2020 \|Features MATE 1.20 and Nvidia drivers.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-disco-final-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 19.04 Final Release \| Ubuntu MATE}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|19.10 \|Eoan Ermine \|2019-10-17 \|July 2020 \|Non-LTS 64-bit-only release. Features MATE 1.22.2 and replaces VLC media player with GNOME mpv as default media player software.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-19-10-eoan-ermine-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Release Notes}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|20.04 LTS \|Focal Fossa \|2020-04-23 \|April 2023{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/ubuntu-mate-20-04-lts-reaches-end-of-life/26477\|title=Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS reaches end of life}} \|Features MATE 1.24.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-focal-fossa-release-notes\|title=Ubuntu MATE 20.04 Release Notes}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|20.10 \|Groovy Gorilla \|2020-10-22 \|July 2021 \|Features MATE 1.24.1.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-groovy-gorilla-release-notes\|title=Ubuntu MATE 20.10 Release Notes\|access-date=23 October 2020}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|21.04 \|Hirsute Hippo \|2021-04-22 \|January 2022 \|64-bit-only. Features MATE 1.24.2.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-hirsute-hippo-final-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 21.04 Release Notes}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|21.10 \|Impish Indri \|2021-10-14 \|July 2022 \|Features MATE 1.26.{{cite web\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-impish-indri-final-release\|title=Ubuntu MATE 21.10 Release Notes}}
style=background:#fef8c6\|22.04 LTS \|Jammy Jellyfish \|2022-04-21 \|April 2027 \|Features MATE 1.26.1.{{cite web\|last=Team\|first=Ubuntu MATE\|title=Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS Release Notes\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-jammy-jellyfish-release-notes\|access-date=2022-04-25\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|language=en}}
style=background:#fdb3ab\|22.10 \|Kinetic Kudu \|2022-10-20 \|July 2023 \|PipeWire replaces PulseAudio, and MATE 1.26.1 includes some backported features from the unreleased 1.28 version
style=background:#fdb3ab\|23.04{{Cite web\|date=2022-11-22\|title=Lunar Lobster Release Schedule\|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lunar-lobster-release-schedule/27284\|access-date=2023-01-02\|website=Ubuntu Community Hub\|language=en-US}}{{Cite web\|last=Team\|first=Ubuntu MATE\|title=Ubuntu MATE 23.04 Release Notes\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-lunar-lobster-release-notes/\|access-date=2023-04-21\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|language=en}} \|Lunar Lobster \|2023-04-20 \|January 2024 \|
style=background:#fdb3ab\|23.10{{Cite web\|last=Team\|first=Ubuntu MATE\|title=Ubuntu MATE 23.10 Release Notes\|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-mantic-minotaur-release-notes\|access-date=2024-02-21\|website=Ubuntu MATE\|language=en}} \|Mantic Minotaur \|2023-10-12 \|July 2024 \|
style=background:#fef8c6\|24.04 LTS \|Noble Numbat \|2024-04-25 \|May 2029 \|Current LTS release.
style=background:#d4f4b4\|24.10 \|Oracular Oriole \|2024-10-10 \|July 2025 \|Current interim release

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Version

!Codename

!Release date

!Supported until

!Remarks

style=background:#fdb3ab|14.04 LTS

|Trusty Tahr

|2014-11-11

|April 2019

|Released after the 14.10 release in order to provide long-term support until 2019, following Ubuntu.

style=background:#fdb3ab|14.10{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150316#ubuntumate|website=DistroWatch|title=First Impressions of Ubuntu MATE 14.10}}

|Utopic Unicorn

|2014-10-23

|July 2015

|First release of Ubuntu MATE.

style=background:#fdb3ab|15.04

|Vivid Vervet

|2015-04-23{{cite web|title=VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule}}

|January 2016

|First release as an official Ubuntu flavour.

style=background:#fdb3ab|15.10{{cite web|url=http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-werewolf-mate.html|title=Ubuntu 15.10 MATE - The wolf that cried sheep|website=Dedoimedo|date=November 28, 2015}}

|Wily Werewolf

|2015-10-22{{cite web|title=WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseSchedule}}

|July 2016

|Features MATE 1.10, Ubuntu Software Center not installed by default.{{cite web|title=Ubuntu MATE 15.10 Officially Released with a Huge Number of Improvements|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-15-10-officially-released-with-a-huge-number-of-improvements-495078.shtml|website=Softpedia|date=22 October 2015|access-date=23 October 2015}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|16.04 LTS

|Xenial Xerus

|2016-04-21

|April 2019{{cite web|title=Ubuntu MATE 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) Will Be an LTS Release, Supported for 3 Years|date=18 April 2016|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-16-04-xenial-xerus-will-be-an-lts-release-supported-for-3-years-503116.shtml}}

|First official LTS release; features MATE 1.12.x DE, expanded Welcome application and Software Boutique; has ZFS built-in by default.{{cite web|last=Larabel|first=Michael|title=Taking ZFS For A Test Drive On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-xenial-zfs&num=1|website=phoronix.com|publisher=Phoronix Media|access-date=25 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=How to install ubuntu mate onto single sdd with zfs as main fs|url=https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/how-to-install-ubuntu-mate-onto-single-sdd-with-zfs-as-main-fs/3535|website=Ubuntu MATE|date=21 January 2016|publisher=ubuntu-mate.community|access-date=25 April 2016}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|16.10

|Yakkety Yak

|2016-10-13{{cite web|title=YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule - Ubuntu Wiki|url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YakketyYak/ReleaseSchedule|access-date=28 April 2016}}

|July 2017

|Full GTK3+ implementation of the MATE Desktop. Most default applications are "Recommended" and can thus be uninstalled without issue.{{Cite news|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-yakkety-final-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 16.10|last=Wimpress|first=Martin|date=2016-10-13|work=Ubuntu MATE|access-date=2017-11-27|language=en}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|17.04

|Zesty Zapus

|2017-04-13

|January 2018

|Concluded the migration to GTK3+.{{Cite news|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-zesty-final-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 17.04|last=Wimpress|first=Martin|date=2017-04-13|work=Ubuntu MATE|access-date=2017-11-27|language=en}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|17.10{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180122#ubuntumate|website=Di stroWatch|title=Ubuntu MATE 17.10}}

|Artful Aardvark

|2017-10-19

|July 2018

|17.10.1, was released on 12 January 2018. It fixed a problem that corrupted the UEFI & BIOS firmware.{{Cite news|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-artful-final-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 17.10|last=Wimpress|first=Martin|date=2017-10-19|work=Ubuntu MATE|access-date=2017-11-27|language=en}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|18.04 LTS{{cite web|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/03/ubuntu-mate-18-04|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS: What's New?|website=OMG! Ubuntu!}}{{cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-18-04-lts-will-ship-with-a-new-default-layout-called-familiar-520281.shtml|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS Will Ship with a New Default Layout Called "Familiar"|first=Marius|last=Nestor|website=Softpedia News|date=March 18, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-beaver-mate.html|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Bionic Beaver - Medium-well|website=Dedoimedo}}{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180730#budgiemate|website=DistroWatch|title=Ubuntu 18.04 – MATE and Budgie editions}}

|Bionic Beaver

|2018-04-26

|April 2021

|It includes support for GPD Pocket & Pocket 2, Raspberry Pi B2/B3/B3+.{{cite web|url=http://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-beta1|first=Martin|last=Wimpress|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta 1|website=Ubuntu MATE|date=9 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-beta2|first=Martin|last=Wimpress|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta 2|website=Ubuntu MATE|date=5 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-final-release|first=Martin|last=Wimpress|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS Final Release|website=Ubuntu MATE|date=26 April 2018}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|18.10{{cite web|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/ubuntu-18-10-flavors-released|title=Ubuntu 18.10 Flavors Released, Ready to Download|website=OMG! Ubuntu!}}{{cite web|url=https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-18-10-will-drop-32-bit-support-for-new-installations-520980.shtml|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 Will Drop 32-Bit Support for New Installations|first=Marius|last=Nestor|website=Softpedia News|date=May 4, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20181022#ubuntumate|website=DistroWatch|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10}}

|Cosmic Cuttlefish

|2018-10-18

|July 2019

|First non-LTS 64-bit-only release, end of 32-bit support. Features MATE 1.20.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-cosmic-beta|first=Martin|last=Wimpress|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 Beta|website=Ubuntu MATE|date=27 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-cosmic-final-release|first=Martin|last=Wimpress|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 Final Release|website=Ubuntu MATE|date=18 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/10/ubuntu-mate-18-10-gpd-pocket-laptop|title=Ubuntu MATE 18.10 is Now Available for the GPD Pocket Laptop|website=OMG! Ubuntu!|date=19 October 2018}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|19.04

|Disco Dingo

|2019-04-18

|January 2020

|Features MATE 1.20 and Nvidia drivers.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-disco-final-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 19.04 Final Release | Ubuntu MATE}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|19.10

|Eoan Ermine

|2019-10-17

|July 2020

|Non-LTS 64-bit-only release. Features MATE 1.22.2 and replaces VLC media player with GNOME mpv as default media player software.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-19-10-eoan-ermine-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Release Notes}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|20.04 LTS

|Focal Fossa

|2020-04-23

|April 2023{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/ubuntu-mate-20-04-lts-reaches-end-of-life/26477|title=Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS reaches end of life}}

|Features MATE 1.24.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-focal-fossa-release-notes|title=Ubuntu MATE 20.04 Release Notes}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|20.10

|Groovy Gorilla

|2020-10-22

|July 2021

|Features MATE 1.24.1.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-groovy-gorilla-release-notes|title=Ubuntu MATE 20.10 Release Notes|access-date=23 October 2020}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|21.04

|Hirsute Hippo

|2021-04-22

|January 2022

|64-bit-only. Features MATE 1.24.2.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-hirsute-hippo-final-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 21.04 Release Notes}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|21.10

|Impish Indri

|2021-10-14

|July 2022

|Features MATE 1.26.{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-impish-indri-final-release|title=Ubuntu MATE 21.10 Release Notes}}

style=background:#fef8c6|22.04 LTS

|Jammy Jellyfish

|2022-04-21

|April 2027

|Features MATE 1.26.1.{{cite web|last=Team|first=Ubuntu MATE|title=Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS Release Notes|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-jammy-jellyfish-release-notes|access-date=2022-04-25|website=Ubuntu MATE|language=en}}

style=background:#fdb3ab|22.10

|Kinetic Kudu

|2022-10-20

|July 2023

|PipeWire replaces PulseAudio, and MATE 1.26.1 includes some backported features from the unreleased 1.28 version

style=background:#fdb3ab|23.04{{Cite web|date=2022-11-22|title=Lunar Lobster Release Schedule|url=https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lunar-lobster-release-schedule/27284|access-date=2023-01-02|website=Ubuntu Community Hub|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Team|first=Ubuntu MATE|title=Ubuntu MATE 23.04 Release Notes|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-lunar-lobster-release-notes/|access-date=2023-04-21|website=Ubuntu MATE|language=en}}

|Lunar Lobster

|2023-04-20

|January 2024

style=background:#fdb3ab|23.10{{Cite web|last=Team|first=Ubuntu MATE|title=Ubuntu MATE 23.10 Release Notes|url=https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-mantic-minotaur-release-notes|access-date=2024-02-21|website=Ubuntu MATE|language=en}}

|Mantic Minotaur

|2023-10-12

|July 2024

style=background:#fef8c6|24.04 LTS

|Noble Numbat

|2024-04-25

|May 2029

|Current LTS release.

style=background:#d4f4b4|24.10

|Oracular Oriole

|2024-10-10

|July 2025

|Current interim release

Reception

In a May 2016 review Jesse Smith of DistroWatch concluded, "despite my initial problems getting Ubuntu MATE installed and running smoothly, I came away with a positive view of the distribution. The project is providing a very friendly desktop experience that requires few hardware resources by modern standards. I also want to tip my hat to the default theme used on Ubuntu MATE."{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160509#ubuntumate|title=Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS|access-date=13 May 2016|last=Smith|first=Jesse|work=DistroWatch|date=9 May 2016}}

Dedoimedo reviewed Ubuntu MATE in July 2018, and wrote that "[Ubuntu MATE offers] a wealth of visual and functional changes…You really have the ability to implement anything and everything, and all of it natively, from within the system's interface".{{cite web|url=https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-mate-pimp.html|title=Ubuntu MATE - Pimp your desktop to perfection|website=www.dedoimedo.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27}}

Starting with the 22.04 LTS release, Ubuntu MATE included AI-generated wallpapers. These were warmly received by popular tech blogs, with OMG! Ubuntu exclaiming "I'm blown away by the quality of this AI-produced artwork"{{cite web|url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/03/ubuntu-mascots-drawn-by-ai-is-incredible|title=These AI-Made Ubuntu Mascot Artworks are Incredible|website=OMG! Ubuntu|date=17 March 2022|language=en|access-date=2022-10-25}} for the 22.04 release, and IT's FOSS News proclaiming the "beautiful" wallpapers were "a big highlight" of the 22.10 release".{{cite web|url=https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-mate-22-10-release/|title=Ubuntu MATE 22.10 Release Has Some Interesting Upgrades!|website=ITS FOSS|date=20 October 2022|language=en|access-date=2022-10-25}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://ubuntu-mate.org/}}
{{DistroWatch|ubuntumate|NAME=Ubuntu MATE}}

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