New Update Ubuntu MATE 24.10 Release Notes

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Ubuntu MATE 24.10 is more of what you like, stable MATE Desktop on top of current Ubuntu. Read on to learn more ️

Ubuntu MATE 24.10

What changed since the Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS?​

Here are the highlights of what’s changed since the release of Ubuntu MATE 24.04

• Ships stable MATE Desktop 1.26.2 with a handful of bug fixes
• Switched back to Slick Greeter (replacing Arctica Greeter) due to race-condition in the boot process which results the display manager failing to initialise.
  • Returning to Slick Greeter reintroduces the ability to easily configure the login screen via a graphical application, something users have been requesting be re-instated
• Ubuntu MATE 24.10 .iso is now 3.3GB Down from 4.1GB in the 24.04 LTS release.
  • This is thanks to some fixes in the installer that no longer require as many packages in the live-seed.

Login Window

What didn’t change since the Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS?​

If you follow upstream MATE Desktop development, then you’ll have noticed that Ubuntu MATE 24.10 doesn’t ship with the recently released MATE Desktop 1.28

I have prepared packaging for MATE Desktop 1.28, along with the associated components but encountered some bugs and regressions I wasn’t able to get things to a standard I’m happy to ship be default, so it is tried and true MATE 1.26.2 one last time

Major Applications​

Accompanying MATE Desktop 1.26.2 and Linux 6.11 are Firefox 131 , Celluloid 0.27 , Evolution 3.54 , LibreOffice 24.8.2

Ubuntu MATE 24.10 Release Notes | Ubuntu MATE

Ubuntu MATE 24.10 is more of what you like, stable MATE Desktop on top of current Ubuntu. Read on to learn more 👓️

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Thanks for sharing the release notes for Ubuntu MATE 24.10. It's great to see the switch back to Slick Greeter and the reduction in .iso size. The continued use of MATE Desktop 1.26.2 due to bugs in 1.28 shows a commitment to stability. Looking forward to exploring the new features and improvements.