I've been running a customized version of Mate for a few years. It's sleek and efficient. Had some screen flicker issues at first, but switching window managers

I've been running a customized version of Mate for a few years. It's sleek and efficient. Had some screen flicker issues at first, but switching window managers to Compiz (I think) fixed it. I even brought an old Macbook back to life by throwing Mate on it in place of MacOs.