A lot of updates, changes, and improvements have been implemented in this version

Apr 3, 2013 14:37 GMT  ·  By

The development team behind the MATE desktop environment proudly announces that the stable 1.6 version of the popular project is now available for download and upgrade.

MATE 1.6 is a fork of GNOME 2, providing a traditional desktop environment for Linux operating systems and low-end machines.

Highlights of MATE 1.6:

• Support for systemd-logind in mate-session-manager, mate-screensaver and mate-power-manager has been added; • The places sidebar has been improved; • Support for new thumbnailers specification has been added; • Wallpapers are now cached for a better memory management; • A connect server dialog has been added from Nautilus 3; • An option has been added to open new windows on the center of the screen; • New GTK2/3 themes have been implemented.

A complete list of changes and updates can be found in the official announcement.

Download MATE 1.6 right now from Softpedia.