MATE Desktop 1.14 Released

The MATE Desktop project announced release of MATE Desktop 1.14, latest stable release of traditional looking, modern and full featured desktop environment. MATE was initially started by forking from GNOME 2.x and now it is constantly evolving behind the hood to meet requirements of modern computer users.


MATE 1.14 is a result of 5 months of development efforts contributed by developers across the globe. Following are some new features in this release.
  • Improved GTK+3 support across the entire MATE Desktop.
  • Full GTK 3.20 support in all MATE themes.
  • Client Side Decorated applications render correctly in all themes.
  • Completely ported MATE System Monitor and Mozo to GTK+3 only.
  • Touchpad configuration now supports edge and two-finger scrolling independently.
  • Python extensions in Caja can now be managed separately.
  • All three window focus modes are selectable.
  • MATE Panel now has the ability to change icon sizes for menubar and menu items.
  • MATE NetSpeed Applet has been merged into the MATE Applets package.
  • MATE Terminal support VTE 2.91 API when built for GTK+3.
  • Volume and Brightness OSD can now be enabled/disabled.
  • Translations are updated. Thank you to our team of translators!
See original release announcement in mate project blog.

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