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The last time I tried it, with Ubuntu Mate, I percieved it had more bugs than Xubuntu. Xubuntu comes with xfce. I find that xfce looks very similar to mate but
by sdfin 10y ago
The last time I tried it, with Ubuntu Mate, I percieved it had more bugs than Xubuntu.
Xubuntu comes with xfce. I find that xfce looks very similar to mate but runs more smoothly and it feels more polished. At least I don't remember seeing errors related to the UI with xfce, unlike the experience with mate.
- asdfaoeu 10y agoI believe the Ubuntu Mate fork is pretty new and Ubuntu does modify gtk quite a bit. I've been using it on Arch and haven't really had any problems with it.
- exception_e 10y agoIMO, MATE on Linux Mint has been wonderful for the last year or so. Would recommend for desktop.
- dave_sullivan 10y agoI am also a big fan of mint, have been using 3-4 years (and before that Debian > Ubuntu > Gentoo > red hat > slackware). Mint with cinnamon is also interesting. I'm thinking of trying Ubuntu mate in a new build though, there's a new version out that's supposedly very usable (previous versions have been strongly beta apparently). Clearly, distros rise and fall.