# Mate-Desktop 1.26 is available **URL:** \ **Category:** Mate\ **Created:** [August 9, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452 "2021-08-09T13:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/21 "2021-08-10T02:27:31Z")
I’m actually giving it a go, and it’s surprisingly not bad. Does anyone know how to change the calendar to Monday start day though? ![Screenshot at 2021-08-09 19-27-05](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/2/e20f9ccc6031c971823e9d7233924ba9ae79535d.png) ---
**Author:** ![kwg](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kwg/32/16326_2.png) [@kwg](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kwg)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/22 "2021-08-10T04:17:02Z")
> [@anon63071375](#): > > how to change the calendar to Monday start day The Clock applet conforms to the value of `LC_TIME` in `/etc/default/locale`. This line, for example, would cause the calendar to start with Sunday: `LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"` This line would cause the calendar to start with Monday instead: `LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"` Log out and log in again after making the edit. ---
**Author:** ![kwg](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/kwg/32/16326_2.png) [@kwg](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/kwg)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/23 "2021-08-10T06:13:56Z")
> [@anon63071375](#): > > So that’s what a dark theme would look like back in the 90s. 😅 > [@Christopher67](#): > > I’m wanting to try something different Cinnamon, Mate Me, too. Today I’ve been playing with Ubuntu MATE. Ubuntu MATE is very much better than I remember it being when I last had a look years ago. In particular, I can now choose a built-in theme that isn’t green; the Desktop now looks more modern (maybe more like Windows XP than Windows 95); performance is snappy; and MATE applications (Caja, Pluma and Terminal) work really well. With little effort, here’s the desktop I ended up with: ![Screenshot at 2021-08-09 19-52-41](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/2/8282051561ebb4b81f1086d830871c156f4c6381.jpeg) I selected the Redmond panel layout; applied the built-in `Yaru-MATE-Orange-dark` theme; and chose one of the included wallpapers. I edited `gtk.css` in order to reduce the padding around the icons at the right end of the panel. I increased the spacing between the launchers at the left end of the panel by positioning each launcher separately with the mouse (which seems more clunky than editing `gtk.css`, as I can do in Xfce, for example). I found that I could easily change the order of apps in the Brisk menu categories through a GUI. However, changing the order of apps in the Favourites list required a visit to `dconf Editor` (which is again a bit clunky compared with the Xfce Whisker Menu, for example). Setting up my usual workflow was also pretty easy, most of it done through apps in the excellent Control Center. (Oddly, Ubuntu MATE gives _Favourites_ the British spelling but _Center_ the American spelling.) However, I couldn’t find a way to create all of my keyboard shortcuts through the `Keyboard Shortcuts` app, requiring yet another visit to `dconf Editor`. So, overall, I had a pretty good experience with MATE. In the end, though, I haven’t found a compelling reason to switch to MATE. I’ve been using Xfce and Openbox almost exclusively for years, and my experience with Cinnamon has also been very enjoyable. By the way, I was testing MATE Desktop 1.24, but Ubuntu MATE does provide an easy way to upgrade to MATE Desktop 1.26. ---
**Author:** ![FredBezies](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/fredbezies/32/235_2.png) [@FredBezies](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/FredBezies)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/24 "2021-08-10T10:37:23Z")
I switched back to Gnome when Gnome 3.38.x was announced. I was fed up with the slow development of Mate. Seeing Mate 1.26 nearly 18 months after Mate 1.24 makes me think the team is either too small or Mate code is too complex to evolve on some points. ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/25 "2021-08-10T10:58:43Z")
I would guess they are a fairly small group, and there’s not so much to elaborate on - if it works, don’t break it. I haven’t noticed anything that doesn’t work. It’s certainly very different than my normal plasma desktop experience. I won’t be moving to MATE, but it’s definitely not bad at all. I’m once again impressed with a very wide array of what Linux has to offer theses days. ---
**Author:** ![FredBezies](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/fredbezies/32/235_2.png) [@FredBezies](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/FredBezies)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/26 "2021-08-10T11:19:06Z")
Their next big step will be to move to Wayland. Plasma, Gnome and Sway are Wayland compatible. Same for Xfce… ---
**Author:** ![jonathon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jonathon/32/18722_2.png) [@jonathon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/jonathon)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/27 "2021-08-10T11:47:31Z")
> [@kwg](#): > > I increased the spacing between the launchers at the left end of the panel by positioning each launcher separately with the mouse `mate-panel` is one of my least favourite parts of MATE, especially when compared to Xfce4’s panel. Its configuration is very fragile, e.g. changing screen resolution can move applets around. Thinking about how I switched marco to i3 a while ago, it might be time to try… ![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/c/fcb8a54927ec792f67ee5fa84b8466515b3ca34c.png) 😁 Edit: Meh, doesn’t work properly. It will run from a terminal after log in, but not during the session start, and once running logging out doesn’t work (it needs a running Xfce4 session). Back to `mate-panel`… 😔 ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/28 "2021-08-10T12:07:47Z")
Why stay on MATE then? After a little use it feels very much like xfce light. ---
**Author:** ![jonathon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jonathon/32/18722_2.png) [@jonathon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/jonathon)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/29 "2021-08-10T12:32:09Z")
General feel, which I know is hard to quantify. To me, MATE just feels the more integrated and polished DE. ---
**Author:** ![MindTheGAAP](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mindthegaap/32/47060_2.png) [@MindTheGAAP](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MindTheGAAP)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/30 "2022-06-19T17:38:11Z")
I find Cinnamon, XFCE, Plasma, Gnome all stable. I never experienced fluidity like Plasma in xorg. Wayland in Gnome is much better than Plasma though on my setup at least. ---
**Author:** ![grgaud1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/grgaud1/32/106188_2.png) [@grgaud1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/grgaud1)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452/31 "2023-12-02T18:19:26Z")
So True, but that’s because it’s old school. Believe it not, I **LOVE** the old Motif window manager. The look was awesome. It’s too bad we can’t get that anymore. I used to run it in older versions of XFce. That old Unix look was very pleasing… to me at least. [Previous page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/mate-desktop-1-26-is-available/16452.md?page=1)