• Koffie@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 个月前

    I did use Ubuntu MATE for a while. Quite happy with it but finally couldn’t resist the ckall of KDE

  • TruePe4rl@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    6 个月前

    I do like it, but I have sadly fallen down the tiling wm rabbit hole. It’s too late now.

    It has been mostly i3 for me. Not for everyone, but I like the control.

  • aim_at_me@lemmy.nzEnglish
    2·
    6 个月前

    I love MATE. I left Ubuntu when Unity happened. It just never felt polished to me. I used MATE on and off since gnome 3 and unity. Currently off because I’m finally getting used to Gnome 3. And credit where credit is due, G3 is quite nice these days.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 个月前

    I prefer XFCE for lightweight uses (e.g. VM or raspberry Pi) and KDE for normal desktop use.

    For me MATE isn’t quite light enough for lightweight when XFCE is there, and no where near attractive or pleasant enough for day-to-day use when RAM/CPU use isn’t a bottleneck. KDE is certainly more resource intense but up to 1gb of RAM and 1-3% CPU idle for a full featured, slick desktop environment is worth it.

    I don’t really see the appeal of MATE unless you strongly want a GNOME 2 desktop. In which case, yes it makes sense. Although ironically you can make a very close but modern take on GNOME 2 with KDE with modern bells and whistles if you’re willing to customise KDE - it’s that flexible.

  • ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org
    1·
    6 个月前

    Tried it a couple of times, wasn’t my thing. Last time, I had some more serious issues with it (file manager doing weird stuff), so I tossed it for good.

    Also Mate is heavily tied to the whole Ubuntu/Snap thing, so that’s a bit yuckie to me.

  • phar@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 个月前

    I’ve jumped around a lot. Mate is great and a little more lightweight than some others. I definitely prefer Mate over Xfce. Still like KDE by far far the best, but Mate is my second.

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
    0·
    6 个月前

    I have a cup of mate every morning, yes.

    Mate is one of those desktops that I occasionally consider, and it’s definitely something I could see myself using. Mate is certainly a cool project and I hope it stays around. It reminds of my early days with GNOME - before the bad thing happened and darkness descended on that project.

    I hope they get Wayland going eventually.