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Ubuntu MATE è un sistema operativo -- il software centrale che rende operativo il computer, similmente a , e . Ubuntu MATE is a desktop distribution (variation) of GNU/Linux -- a dependable, secure, capable, and modern computer system that rivals all others in popularity and usage.
Unlike other operating systems, Linux is used:
- nella maggior parte dei più potenti e veloci supercomputer al mondo;
- on many of, if not most of, the computers that make up the backbone of Internet
- e nei server aziendali che richiedono stabilità ed affidabilità.
Ubuntu MATE è un sistema operativo stabile e di facile utilizzo, con un ambiente desktop configurabile. Si tratta dell'ideale per coloro che vogliono il massimo dai loro computer e preferiscono una metafora tradizionale della scrivania. Con requisiti hardware modesti, è adatto ai moderni sistemi desktop e laptop, ai single board computer (come il Raspberry Pi), così come agli hardware più datati.
Questo sistema operativo è più sicuro e meglio supportato dei sistemi odiernamente preinstallati nei computer nella maggior parte delle case.
Usare Ubuntu MATE offre la libertà di eseguire un sistema operativo dalle funzionalità complete, preconfigurato con la maggior parte (se non tutte) delle applicazioni necessarie per operazioni informatiche quotidiane. Inoltre è possibile cambiare completamente a proprio piacimento l'aspetto, il funzionamento e le applicazioni eseguite.
Obiettivi
Ubuntu MATE si pone una serie di obiettivi e linee guida:
- essere accessibile a tutti, indipendentemente dalla lingua o dalle capacità fisiche;
- aumentare l'utilizzo sia di Ubuntu che di MATE Desktop tra gli utenti;
- essere una alternativa ad Ubuntu per i computer non sufficientemente potenti da eseguire un desktop composito;
- proporsi come piattaforma Ubuntu di prima scelta per workstation remote come LTSP e X2GO;
- ricreare i bei vecchi tempi di Ubuntu per gli utenti che preferiscono la metafora desktop tradizionale;
- usare temi e artwork simili ad Ubuntu così che Ubuntu MATE appaia immediatamente familiare;
- When possible, contribute to Debian so both the Debian and Ubuntu communities benefit.
- Software favors functionality and stability, as opposed to being fancy or light on features.
Che cos'è Ubuntu MATE?
Ubuntu

is one of, if not the, largest deployed based desktop operating systems in the world. Linux is at the heart of Ubuntu and makes it possible to create secure, powerful and versatile operating systems, such as Ubuntu e . Android is now in the hands of billions of people around the world and it's also powered by Linux.
Ubuntu is available in a number of different flavors, each coming with its own desktop environment. Ubuntu MATE takes the Ubuntu base operating system and adds the .
MATE Desktop

Wikipedia says that a is:
an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI). Desktop GUIs help the user to easily access and edit files.
The MATE Desktop implements essential features that you'd expect in a desktop environment, such as:
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File Browser | Calculator | Archive Manager | Image Viewer | Document Viewer | MATE System Monitor | MATE Terminal |
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Caja | galculator | Engrampa | Eye of MATE | Atril |
MATE Desktop provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors, which means if you've ever used or , it will feel very familiar.
The MATE Desktop has a rich history and is the continuation of the GNOME 2 desktop, which was the default desktop environment on many Linux and Unix operating systems for over a decade. This means that MATE Desktop is tried, tested and very reliable.
Open Source

What Linux, Ubuntu and MATE Desktop all have in common is they are Open Source. This software can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. In a nutshell Ubuntu MATE is free, in the truest sense of the word.
Although you will find some distributions (variations) of Linux for purchase, the vast majority are provided free of charge, like Ubuntu MATE. The distribution is licensed in a way that allows anyone to give it away for free, with no strings attached. For example, the licence gives any member of the user community the freedom to use Linux for any purpose, to distribute, modify, redistribute, or even sell the operating system. If you do modify and then redistribute Linux with your modifications, you are required by the licence to submit your modifications for possible inclusion into future versions. There is no guarantee that this will ever happen, but if you have made it better, then your changes just might be included in the next release of Ubuntu MATE.
Many of the users of Linux are corporations that use the operating system to run their businesses, or include it within their products. Many of these corporations provide fixes and new features for Linux as they use the software for their businesses. to the Linux community and Ubuntu MATE improves as a result. This is how we can continually improve and grow without having to charge our users money.
Unlike Windows and OS X, Linux is not created and supported by just one company. It is supported by Intel, Redhat, Linaro, Samsung, IBM, SUSE, Texas Instruments, Google, Canonical, Oracle, AMD, and Microsoft. Over 4,000 developers contributed to Linux over the last 15 years.
Whether you are a home user of Ubuntu MATE, an Ubuntu MATE software or application developer, or an employee of an organization that uses the operating system, you are a member of the Linux and Open Source communities and benefit from the efforts of the developers who contribute to Ubuntu MATE and its related projects: Linux, MATE, and Ubuntu. Members of the community run Linux on almost any hardware, from the prettiest Macbook to the cheapest netbook, from the newest Chromebook to some very old machines designed for Windows, and from the most powerful Internet servers to the smallest smart thermostat.