![]() If you know that you want to use the MATE desktop environment from the beginning, then you should probably not install Ubuntu desktop and then install the MATE desktop from your package manager. Changing a DE on an installed system may or may not cause problems. A desktop environment usually consists of dozens of packages, all with different configs that may not play nicely with a different desktop environment. The reason that Ubuntu comes in so many different flavoured releases is because changing a desktop environment on an installed system tends to be very messy. These flavours are all official releases of Ubuntu that use the same repositories as Ubuntu. One of the official flavours of Ubuntu is Ubuntu MATE. Ubuntu comes in several official flavours. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 and then ubuntu-mate-desktop, is it correct? Or there is an independent version of Ubuntu MATE as an operating system? My answer has to do with the second part of your question: Integrated into indicator-sound as shown on posted a fantastic answer about the capabilities of Ubuntu MATE and its differences from Ubuntu Desktop with GNOME. have media players like VLC or Guayadeque Music Player.have an ability to check time and weather in different timezones using preinstalled Clock or indicator-datetime applet.have an ability to list calendar events from Evolution in preinstalled Clock applet.have an ability to install some old but cool ScreenLets and custom widgets to be shown on desktop.have well-integrated e-mail checker into Indicator Messages by Popper ( on 18.04 LTS), MailNag or Ayatana WebMail ( on 21.04 and newer).have an ability to leave a message from screensaver of locked system for a user.have an ability to install and use tiling utility named X-tile to effectively organize screen space.have customizable MATE Panel without plugins and extensions.have an ability to set up Compiz with all its plugins like Annotate. ![]() have an ability to indicate current keyboard layout using country flag.have keyboard access to the window frame mnemonics by Alt+ Space.have an ability to set Ctrl+ Shift keyboard shortcut to switch keyboard layouts with my PPA to prevent interference.have an ability to use Applications, Places, System menus on the top MATE Panel.have infinite possibilities to expand Caja by scripts and actions.have a side pane opened by F3 in the Caja with various modes.have an ability to launch applications by visiting /usr/share/applications by Caja.have fully integrated Engrampa archiver to create password-protected archives.have Dropbox, Git and Mercurial repositories integrated into Caja (see screenshot here).have fully functional drag-and-drop between any folders including ~/Desktop and MATE Panel.have any objects inside my ~/Desktop folder, controlled by Caja (MATE file-manager, see screenshot here).On my daily work in Ubuntu MATE I'm happy with following functionality: The complete list depends on your workflow and needs. One can do fresh install of Ubuntu MATE using official ISO or by installing ubuntu-mate-desktop^ (task) package on top of existing system. The basics: MATE is desktop environment, Ubuntu MATE is an official Ubuntu flavor.
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