<s>
MATE	O
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
environment	O
composed	O
of	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
illumos	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
stylized	O
in	O
all	O
capital	O
letters	O
to	O
follow	O
the	O
nomenclature	O
of	O
other	O
Free	O
Software	O
desktop	O
environments	O
like	O
KDE	B-Application
and	O
LXDE	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recursive	O
backronym	O
"	O
MATE	O
Advanced	O
Traditional	O
Environment	O
"	O
was	O
subsequently	O
adopted	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
MATE	O
community	O
,	O
again	O
in	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
Free	O
Software	O
like	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
(	O
"	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Not	I-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
!	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Argentine	O
user	O
of	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
named	O
Perberos	O
started	O
the	O
MATE	O
project	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
and	O
continue	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
negative	O
reception	O
of	O
GNOME	O
3	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
replaced	O
its	O
traditional	O
taskbar	O
(	O
GNOME	B-Language
Panel	I-Language
)	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MATE	O
aims	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
continue	O
the	O
latest	O
GNOME	B-Language
2	I-Language
code	O
base	O
,	O
frameworks	O
,	O
and	O
core	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MATE	O
became	O
an	O
official	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
community	O
package	O
in	O
January	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MATE	O
has	O
forked	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
applications	O
which	O
originated	O
as	O
GNOME	B-Language
Core	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
,	O
and	O
developers	O
have	O
written	O
several	O
other	O
applications	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MATE	O
fully	O
supports	O
the	O
GTK	B-Application
3	O
application	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
Ubuntu	O
MATE	O
lead	O
developer	O
Martin	O
Wimpress	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
development	O
team	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
MATE	O
1.6	O
removes	O
some	O
deprecated	O
libraries	O
,	O
moving	O
from	O
mate-conf	O
(	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
GConf	B-Language
)	O
to	O
GSettings	B-Language
,	O
and	O
from	O
mate-corba	O
(	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
GNOME	O
's	O
Bonobo	B-Language
)	O
to	O
D-Bus	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
MATE	O
1.20	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
HiDPI	B-Algorithm
was	O
added	O
and	O
the	O
GTK+	B-Application
version	O
got	O
increased	O
to	O
3.22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MATE	O
1.22	O
release	O
migrated	O
many	O
programs	O
from	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
to	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
and	O
from	O
dbus-glib	O
to	O
GDBus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
upcoming	O
version	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
Wayland	B-Language
will	O
be	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MATE	O
website	O
(	O
as	O
of	O
8	O
September	O
2022	O
)	O
lists	O
27	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
and	O
5	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
support	O
the	O
MATE	B-Language
desktop	I-Language
environment	O
.	O
</s>
