MATE

MATE is a desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like operating systems that was forked from GNOME 2, trying to continue it after GNOME 3 had received bad reception due to trying to provide a simple user experience, and making questionable design decisions to achieve that, such as removing maximize and minimize buttons and simplifying configuration options.

Distributions that provide it as default GUI
Here provides a list of what distributions use it as a default/alternative desktop environment out of the box.


 * Ubuntu MATE
 * Arch Linux GUI
 * Linux Mint
 * ArcoLinux
 * Debian
 * Fedora