What's new in MATE 1.8
Changes in MATE Desktop 1.8:
- Control Center: added support for Metacity as window manager;
- Marco (window manager): added side-by-side tiling (windows snapping);
- Caja (file manager):
- added option to use IEC units instead of SI units;
- added “Open parent location” option in context menu in search view;
- Panel: Added support to run dialog and main menu opening with Metacity keybindings;
- Screensaver: show date and time in lock dialog;
- Applets:
- added undo functionality to sticky note applet;
- new “command” applet to show the output of a command;
- rewritten “timer” applet in C;
- mouse middle click on volume applet toggles mute state;
- added MATE User Guide;
- added mpaste tool for paste.mate-desktop.org;
- Eye Of MATE (image viewer): added shuffle mode in slideshow;
- more.
Also, some core packages were replaced:
- replaced mate-doc-utils with yelp-tools;
- replaced libmatekeyring/mate-keyring with libsecret/gnome-keyring;
- replaced libmatewnck with libwnck;
- replaced mucharmap with gucharmap;
- replaced mate-bluetooth with blueman.
What to expect in MATE 1.10
- atril: Support ePub format;
- caja: Offer a preferences option to turn off generic icons in listview;
- caja: Improve trash management of removable devices;
- mate-panel: Allow rotation of mate-panel background;
- mate-settings-daemon: Add the ability to disable volume/brightness osd.
Update: the MATE roadmap has changed, and the port to GTK3 has been moved to MATE 1.12.
For more information, see the MATE roadmap.
Installing MATE 1.8
Update: for Ubuntu, see: How To Install MATE 1.8 In Ubuntu
For other Linux distributions, see the official MATE wiki.