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Ubuntu MATE is een besturingssysteem - De kern die uw computer doet werken, vergelijkbaar met , en . 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:
- Het overgrote deel van 's werelds snelste en krachtigste supercomputers
- on many of, if not most of, the computers that make up the backbone of Internet
- zakelijke servers waarop stabiliteit en betrouwbaarheid vereist zijn
Ubuntu MATE is een stabiel, gemakkelijk te gebruiken besturingssysteem met een configureerbaar bureaubladomgeving. Het is ideaal voor diegenen onder ons die het meeste uit hun computers willen persen, en die een traditioneel bureaublad verkiezen. Het is geschikt voor moderne desktops en laptops, single board computers (zoals de Raspberry Pi) alsook oudere hardware.
Het besturingssysteem is veiliger en beter ondersteund dan het besturingssysteem dat de dag van vandaag op de meeste computers vooraf geïnstalleerd wordt.
Using Ubuntu MATE provides you with the freedom to run a complete, full-featured operating system, pre-configured with most (if not all) of the applications you will need for your daily computing. Change anything about the way it looks, the way it works, or the applications it runs to suit your taste.
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Ubuntu MATE has a number of guiding objectives and goals:
- Toegankelijk voor iedereen, los van taal en fysiek vermogen.
- Verhoog de acceptatie van Ubuntu en het MATE bureaubladomgeving door gebruikers.
- Ubuntu alternatief voor computers die niet krachtig genoeg zijn om een bureaubladomgeving te draaien die gebruikt maakt van compositing.
- Éérste keuze Ubuntu platform voor externe werkstation oplossingen zoals LTSP en 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.
Wat is 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 en . Android is now in the hands of billions of people around the world and it's also powered by Linux.
Ubuntu is beschikbaar in een aantal verschillende smaken, each coming with its own desktop environment. Ubuntu MATE takes the Ubuntu base operating system and adds the .
MATE Desktop

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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Bestandsbrowser | Rekenmachine | Archief beheerder | Afbeeldings viewer | Document Viewer | 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 of , het zal heel vertrouwd aanvoelen.
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.
Open Source

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. naar de Linux gemeenschap met als gevolg dat Ubuntu MATE beter wordt. Op deze manier kunnen we continue verbeteren en groeien zonder aan onze gebruikers een bijdrage te moeten vragen.
In tegenstelling tot Windows en OS X, is Linux niet ontworpen en onderhouden door één enkel bedrijf. Het wordt ondersteund door Intel, Redhat, Linaro, Samsung, IBM, SUSE, Texas Instruments, Google, Canonical, Oracle, AMD, en Microsoft. Meer dan 4000 ontwikkelaars hebben de laatste 15 jaar bijgedragen aan Linux.
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.