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Ubuntu MATE to system operacyjny - podstawowe oprogramowanie działające na komputerze, podobne do , oraz . 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:
- na większości najszybszych i najpotężniejszych komputerów na świecie
- on many of, if not most of, the computers that make up the backbone of Internet
- oraz na serwerach korporacyjnych, wymagających stabilności i niezawodności.
Ubuntu MATE to stabilny i łatwy w użytkowaniu system operacyjny z konfigurowalnym środowiskiem pulpitu. Jest idealny dla kogoś, kto chce w pełni wykorzystać swój komputer i preferuje tradycyjny wygląd interfejsu. Przy niewielkich wymaganiach sprzętowych jest odpowiedni dla komputerów, laptopów, jednoelementowych komputerów (jak Raspberry Pi) oraz dla starszego sprzętu.
Ten system operacyjny jest bezpieczniejszy i lepiej wspierany niż systemy preinstalowane dziś na większości komputerów domowych.
Użytkowanie Ubuntu MATE daje ci wolność i możliwość działania na pełnym systemie operacyjnym, dostarczanym z większością programów, których potrzebujesz do codziennego korzystania z komputera. Zmień jego wygląd, działanie, lub też uruchamiane aplikacje, aby dostosować go do swoich upodobań.
Cele
Ubuntu MATE ma kilka głównych założeń i celów:
- Dostępny dla wszystkich, niezależnie od języka i stanu zdrowotnego.
- Increase both Ubuntu and MATE Desktop user adoption.
- Ubuntu alternative for computers that aren't powerful enough to run a composited desktop.
- First choice Ubuntu platform for remote workstation solutions such as LTSP and X2Go.
- Recreate the halcyon days of Ubuntu for users who prefer a traditional desktop metaphor.
- Use themes and artwork similar to Ubuntu so that Ubuntu MATE is immediately familiar.
- 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.
Czym jest 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 oraz . 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 .
środowisko graficzne MATE

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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Menedżer plików | Kalkulator | Menedżer archiwów | Przeglądarka obrazów | Przeglądarka dokumentów | 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 lub , 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.
Otwarte oprogramowanie

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.