MX Mate: Little Linux Experiment - Running Mate on MX Linux

MX Mate: Little Linux Experiment - Running Mate on MX Linux

MX Mate: Little Linux Experiment - Running Mate on MX Linux

Many Linux users regularly test different GNU / Linux Distros. Others like me, we usually on the same GNU / Linux Distro try different Desktop Environments (DEs), Window Managers (WMs) and Applications (Apps). In my particular case, for more than 2 years I have been using my own Respin (Live and Installable Snapshot) custom named Miracles GNU / Linux which is based on MX Linux.

And since, MX Linux was born with XFCE Desktop Environment, and then incorporated Plasma and FluxBox, I have given myself the task little by little to try and incorporate other DEs and WMs has said reskin, little by little to feel first-hand the user experience of each one of them. And so today, I will show a little "MX Matte", in other words, MX Linux + Mate DE.

MATE: What is it and how is it installed on DEBIAN 10 and MX-Linux 19?

MATE: What is it and how is it installed on DEBIAN 10 and MX-Linux 19?

Related information

Mate

Given that, surely some might wonder: What is Mate ?, What is Mate like ?, and How is Mate installed?, I will leave you below the link of our previous publication on the Matte Desktop Environment, so that if you want to delve into the subject, you can do it directly on the Blog.

"A Desktop Environment that is lcontinuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive environment using the traditional metaphors of Linux and other Unix-style operating systems. MATE is being actively developed to add support for new technologies, while preserving the traditional desktop experience. " MATE: What is it and how is it installed on DEBIAN 10 and MX-Linux 19?

MATE: What is it and how is it installed on DEBIAN 10 and MX-Linux 19?
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MATE: What is it and how is it installed on DEBIAN 10 and MX-Linux 19?

Distro MX Linux and Respin MilagrOS GNU / Linux

And for those who want to know a little more about the Distro MX Linux and the Respin MilagrOS GNU / LinuxWe will also leave the links to our previous publications on them below for further exploration.

"MX is una Distro GNU / Linux made cooperatively between the antiX and MX Linux communities. And it is part of a family of Operating Systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient desktops with high stability and robust performance. Its graphical tools provide an easy way to accomplish a wide variety of tasks, while Live USB and snapshot tools legacy from antiX add impressive portability and excellent remastering capabilities. In addition, it has extensive support available through videos, documentation and a very friendly forum." MX-19.4: You are done! And it brings us interesting and useful news

MX-19.4: You are done! And it brings us interesting and useful news
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MX-19.4: You are done! And it brings us interesting and useful news

"MilagrOS GNU / Linux, is an unofficial edition (Respin) of the MX-Linux Distro. Which comes with extreme customization and optimization, which makes it ideal for 64-bit computers, both low-resource or old as well as modern and high-end, and also for users with no or limited Internet potential and knowledge of GNU / Linux. Once obtained (downloaded) and installed, it can be used effectively and efficiently without the need for the Internet, since everything you need and more is pre-installed." GNU / Linux Miracles: New respin available! Respines or Distros?

GNU / Linux Miracles: New respin available! Respines or Distros?
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GNU / Linux Miracles: New respin available! Respines or Distros?

MX Mate: MX Linux + Mate DE

MX Mate: MX Linux + Mate DE

Why make MX Mate?

As I said before, I regularly try different Desktop Environments (DEs), Window Managers (WMs) and Applications (Apps), which then I add if necessary to my Respin MilagrOS GNU / Linux. Reason why, currently said live Respin (live) comes by default, with the Desktop Environments XFCE, LXQT and Plasma, plus Window Managers I3WM, IceWM, FluxBox and OpenBox.

And this time, I have decided to choose and try the Matte Desktop Environment, due to among other positive technical things already known, to which it has been very well commented today, by our Readers on our following entry:

"It is the piece of the puzzle that controls the placement and appearance of the windows. And that it requires X Windows to work but not a Desktop Environment, obligatorily." Window Managers: Graphical User Interfaces for GNU / Linux

Window Managers: Graphical User Interfaces for GNU / Linux
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Window Managers: Graphical User Interfaces for GNU / Linux

Screen shots

After installed, configured, optimized and customized in such a way that it resembles the other user profiles of each of the others DEs and WMs my Respin MilagrOS GNU / Linux 2.3 3DE4 (Ultimate), this is what my looks like "MX Matte":

MX Mate: Screenshot 1

MX Mate: Screenshot 2

MX Mate: Screenshot 3

MX Mate: Screenshot 4

MX Mate: Screenshot 5

MX Mate: Screenshot 6

MX Mate: Screenshot 7

My Opinion on Mate DE

Now that i have installed, configured, optimized and customized these are my opinions of Mate about MX Linux:

  1. It runs very smooth and does not consume as much RAM or CPU at startup.
  2. Applications run at excellent speed.
  3. It is very easy to customize.
  4. It runs very well, native applications from other Desktop Environments and third parties.
  5. Good own tools

Note: I just wish your Apps menu out dynamicThat is, it could perform pattern searches to more easily find and run applications through it.

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Conclusion

We hope this "useful little post" about the linuxero experiment that i called «MX Mate», which consists of installing and testing the Matte Desktop Environment about my usual respin Miracles GNU / Linux based MX Linux; is of great interest and utility, for the entire «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of great contribution to the diffusion of the wonderful, gigantic and growing ecosystem of applications of «GNU/Linux».

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  1.   poronga said

    I used MATE until a few months ago, and if I remember correctly, there is an alternative for the MATE menu, it is called BRISK, which allows you to search for applications. Now I use KDE NEON, it really works very well and it has KDEConnect, a tool that I use a lot and that is the reason why I stopped using MATE. But without a doubt MATE is a classic and light desk, where everything just works. 🙂