Ubuntu Mate 23.04, the "least exciting release ever" arrives with Linux 6.2 and MATE 1.26.1

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Ubuntu MATE 23.04

I'm not saying it, Martin Wimpress says it: Ubuntu MATE 23.04 it's the least exciting Ubuntu MATE release ever. Its first version arrived in October 2014, and it seemed like salvation for Unity's detractors, and since then they have been adapting the classic to the new times. wimpress says which is an unexciting release, but there have been reasons why the move was less than expected: he was sick and even spent time in the hospital.

From here, in addition to wishing him a speedy recovery, we wonder if what he says is true or if he is exaggerating a bit because he had plans to do something else. But the truth is that, looking at the list of news, it looks quite normal: there is a new desktop, new applications and the rest of the improvements that are shared with the rest of the family. If this is not enough, I can't imagine what he had in mind when he started developing his Lunar Lobster.

Highlights of Ubuntu MATE 23.04

  • Supported for 9 months, until January 2024.
  • Linux 6.2.
  • MATTE 1.26.1.
  • Ayatana Indicator has been updated.
  • Up-to-date applications, such as Celluloid 0.20, Evolution 3.348 and LibreOffice 7.5.2.
  • PipeWire is installed by default since 22.10, and in this version the revised Ubuntu packages have been updated.
  • Few more news, but it does include those shared by Lunar Lobster, among which is:
    • Updated graphic drivers.
    • Python 3.11.
    • GCC 13.
    • GlibC 2.37.
    • Ruby 3.1.
    • golang 1.2.
    • LLVM 16.

Update from 22.10

As they explain in their release note, the process to follow would look like this:

  1. Opens Software and Updates from the control center.
  2. Click on the "Updates" tab.
  3. In the section where notifications are configured, you have to choose "for any version of Ubuntu".
  4. Then open a terminal and type update-manager, which will open the application. You have to choose “Update” and follow the steps that appear on the screen.

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  1.   Nonamed said
    ago 1 year

    Mr. Wimpress really contributes little, or nothing, to the development of MATE, perhaps to the maintenance of ubuntu packages, but in MATE itself he does nothing.

    By the way, there is a project called CAFE desktop, which is a fork of MATE that works with CTK, a fork of GTK 3.

    https://github.com/cafe-desktop/

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