5 engineers on Hacker News describe using MATE first-hand: 2 endorse it, 0 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“I've only been using it for 30 hours, but so far it's working quite well and isn't getting in my way.”
endorse · personal · bdg · 2012-12-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“Mate is very smooth and works perfectly on my netbook.”
endorse · personal · nacker · 2012-12-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?“independent mate desktop sessions can really only work with X11 for now”
neutral · production · seiferteric · 2026-08-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I recall I was using MATE before switching.”
neutral · personal · grasseh · 2020-12-15 · source ↗ · wrong label?“switched to Mate for a bit”
neutral · personal · ISV_Damocles · 2017-11-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?