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Athene Operating System
Athene was a commercial operating system developed by Rocklyte Systems for use in the home and office. Athene combines years of Rocklyte's R&D with the latest Linux technology to create one of the fastest operating systems available today. With boot times as fast as four seconds and advanced graphics technology not available in standard Linux distributions, Athene may be the best low-cost alternative to Windows for your computer desktop.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2024-04-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 24.04 |
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The Ubuntu MATE distribution provides the classic MATE desktop environment on top of an Ubuntu base. The project's latest release, version 24.04, ships with MATE 1.26.2 and a new system installer. The release announcement shares the following key changes: "What changed since the Ubuntu MATE 23.10? Here are the highlights of what's changed since the release of Ubuntu MATE 23.10: Ships stable MATE Desktop 1.26.2 with a selection of bug fixes and minor improvements to associated components. Integrated the new Ubuntu Desktop Bootstrap installer. Added GNOME Firmware, that replaces Firmware Updater. Added App Center, that replaces Software Boutique. Retired Ubuntu MATE Welcome; although it is still available for Ubuntu MATE 23.10 and earlier. Major applications: Accompanying MATE Desktop 1.26.2 and Linux 6.8 are Firefox 125, Celluloid 0.26, Evolution 3.52, LibreOffice 24.2.2. See the Ubuntu 24.04 Release Notes for details of all the changes and improvements that Ubuntu MATE benefits from." Download: ubuntu-mate-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,002MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| Ubuntu MATE is a desktop Linux distribution which aims to bring the simplicity and elegance of the Ubuntu operating system through a classic, traditional desktop environment - the MATE desktop. MATE is the continuation of the GNOME 2 desktop environment which was used as Ubuntu's default desktop until 10.10 (when it was replaced by Unity). The project began its life as an Ubuntu "remix", but starting with version 15.04, it was formally accepted as an official member of the Ubuntu family of Linux distributions.
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| 2024-10-10 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 24.10 |
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The Ubuntu MATE team have announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 24.10. This version includes the MATE 1.26.2 desktop, reverts to the Slick Greeter applications, and reduces the ISO size by almost an entire gigabyte. "Here are the highlights of what's changed since the release of Ubuntu MATE 24.04: ships stable MATE Desktop 1.26.2 with a handful of bug fixes; switched back to Slick Greeter (replacing Arctica Greeter) due to a race condition in the boot process which results the display manager failing to initialise; returning to Slick Greeter reintroduces the ability to easily configure the login screen via a graphical application, something users have been requesting be re-instated; Ubuntu MATE 24.10 ISO image is now 3.3GB, down from 4.1GB in the 24.04 LTS release - this is thanks to some fixes in the installer that no longer require as many packages in the live-seed; accompanying MATE Desktop 1.26.2 and Linux 6.11 are Firefox 131, Celluloid 0.27, Evolution 3.54, LibreOffice 24.8.2." The project's release announcement and release notes offer additional information. Download: Download: ubuntu-mate-24.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,358MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-10-13 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 23.10 |
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The Ubuntu MATE team has published a new version, Ubuntu MATE 23.10, which offers nine months of support. The new release includes pdates to MATE, newer hardware support, and AppArmor improvements. "MATE Desktop has been updated to 1.26.2 with a selection of bugs fixes and minor improvements to associated components. caja-rename 23.10.1-1 has been ported from Python to C. libmatemixer 1.26.0-2+deb12u1 resolves heap corruption and application crashes when removing USB audio devices. mate-desktop 1.26.2-1 improves portals support. mate-notification-daemon 1.26.1-1 fixes several memory leaks. mate-system-monitor 1.26.0-5 now picks up libexec files from /usr/libexec. mate-session-manager 1.26.1-2 set LIBEXECDIR to /usr/libexec/ for correct interaction with mate-system-monitor. mate-user-guide 1.26.2-1 is a new upstream release. mate-utils 1.26.1-1 fixes several memory leaks." The release notes offer additional details. Download: ubuntu-mate-23.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,404MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2023-04-20 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 23.04 |
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Martin Wimpress has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 23.04. The project's new version is a gentle upgrade from the previous short-term support release and includes version 1.26.1 of the MATE desktop. "Ubuntu MATE 23.04 is the least exciting Ubuntu MATE release ever. The good news is, if you liked Ubuntu MATE 22.10 then it is more of the same; just with better artwork! I entered this development cycle full of energy and enthusiasm off the back of the Ubuntu Summit in Prague, but then I was seriously ill and had a long stay in hospital. I'm recovering well and should be 100% in a couple of months. This setback and also changing jobs a few months ago has meant that I've not been able to invest the usual time and effort into Ubuntu MATE. I'm happy to say that I've been able to deliver another solid release with the help of the Ubuntu community. What changed since the Ubuntu MATE 22.10? Both MATE Desktop and Ayatana Indicators have seen some version bumps that fix an assortment of minor bugs; Flatpak is no longer installed by default, but can still be installed should you want to use it...." This release also includes the PipeWire media stack installed by default and offers version 6.2 of the Linux kernel. The release announcement and release notes offer additional details. Download: ubuntu-mate-23.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,371MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-10-20 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 22.10 |
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Martin Wimpress has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 22.10. This release reportly offers a number of small, polishing changes rather than a lot of large, technical adjustments. Some of the desktop tweaks include the following: "The usual point release updates to MATE desktop and Ayatana Indicators have been included that fix an assortment on minor bugs. The main change in MATE desktop is to MATE Panel, where we've included an early snapshot release of mate-panel 1.27.0 along with a patch set that adds centre alignment of panel applets. This much requested feature comes from Ubuntu MATE community contributor Gordon N. Squash and allows panel applets to be centre aligned, as well as the usual left and right alignment. I'm sure you'll all join me in thanking Gordon for working on this feature. Centre aligning of applet icons will ship with MATE Desktop 1.28, but we're including it early for Ubuntu MATE users. We've updated MATE Tweak to correctly save/restore custom layouts that use centre aligned applets and all the panel layouts shipped with Ubuntu MATE 22.10 have been updated so they're compatible with center alignment of applets." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: ubuntu-mate-22.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,051MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-04-21 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 22.04 |
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Martin Wimpress has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 22.04, a long-term support Ubuntu community edition. The new release ships with version 1.26.1 of the MATE desktop, offers an updated HUD, and refreshes the MATE Tweak tool. "MATE Tweak has refreshed its supported for 3rd party compositors. Support for Compton has been dropped, as it is no longer actively maintained and comprehensive support for picom has been added. picom has three compositor options: Xrender, GLX and Hybrid. All three are can be selected via MATE Tweak as the performance and compatibility of each varies depending on your hardware. Some people choose to use picom because they get better gaming performance or screen tearing is reduced. Some just like subtle animation effects picom adds. Recent versions of rofi, the tool used by MATE HUD to visualise menu searches, has a new theme system. MATE HUD has been updated to support this new theme engine and comes with two MATE specific themes (mate-hud and mate-hud-rounded) that automatically adapt to match the currently selected GTK theme." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: ubuntu-mate-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,782MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2022-03-31 |
Development Release: Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Beta |
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The Ubuntu community has published a new development release, leading into the distribution's 22.04 long-term support (LTS) scheduled for April. Along with the flagship Ubuntu Server distribution its many official community editions have also released beta snapshots. Perhaps the most documented community edition is Ubuntu MATE which offers pages of updates and screenshots of the beta. The release announcement mentions some important changes: "Ubuntu MATE, like its lead developer, was starting to get get a bit large around the mid section. During the development of 22.04, the image got to 4.1GB. So, we put Ubuntu MATE on a strict diet. We've removed the proprietary NVIDIA drivers from the local apt pool...." The release notes offer additional information. Download: ubuntu-22.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso (3,283MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), kubuntu-beta-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (3,519 MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), lubuntu-beta-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,485MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntukylin-beta-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (4,016MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-mate-beta-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,858MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntu-budgie-beta-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,747MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), xubuntu-beta-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,504MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist), ubuntustudio-beta-22.04-dvd-amd64.iso (4,242MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-10-14 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 21.10 |
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Martin Wimpress has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 21.10. The new version will receive nine months of support and features MATE 1.26.0 as the default desktop environment. "A significant effort has been invested in fixing bugs in MATE Desktop 1.26.0, optimising performance and plugging memory leaks. MATE Desktop is faster and leaner as a result and its underpinnings have been modernised and updated. This last point mostly benefits developers working on MATE, but is important to highlight to users at it demonstrates MATE Desktop is being maintained to ensure its longevity. Here are some of the other quality of life improvements in MATE Desktop 1.26: The Control Center features: Improved Window Preferences dialog with a more comprehensive window behaviour and placement options presented. Display preferences now has an option for discrete display scaling. Power Manager has a new option to enable keyboard dimming. Notifications now support for hyperlinks. Caja can format drives and has a new Bookmarks sidebar." Further details can be found in the release announcement and release notes. Download: ubuntu-mate-21.10-desktop-amd64.iso (3,248MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2021-04-22 |
Distribution Release: Ubuntu MATE 21.04 |
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Martin Wimpress has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 21.04. The new version offers nine months of support and includes several visual changes. "The MATE Desktop team released maintenance updates for the current stable 1.24 release of MATE. We've updated the MATE packaging in Debian to incorporate all these bug fixes and translation updates and synced those packages to Ubuntu so they all feature in this 21.04 release. There are no new features, just fixes. Ayatana Indicators: A highlight of the Ubuntu MATE 20.10 release was the transition to Ayatana Indicators. You can read the 20.10 release notes to learn what Ayatana Indicators are and why this transition will be beneficial in the long term. We've added new versions of Ayatana Indicators including ‘Indicators' settings to the Control Center, which can be used to configure the installed indicators." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download: ubuntu-mate-21.04-desktop-amd64.iso (2,828MB, SHA256, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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