After 5 months of development the MATE Desktop team are proud to announce the release of MATE Desktop 1.14. We’d like to thank every MATE contributor and user.

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What’s new in MATE 1.14

The headline changes in MATE 1.14 are:

Improved GTK+3 support across the entire MATE Desktop.
Full GTK 3.20 support in all MATE themes.
Client Side Decorated applications render correctly in all themes.
Completely ported MATE System Monitor and Mozo to GTK+3 only.
Touchpad configuration now supports edge and two-finger scrolling independently.
Python extensions in Caja can now be managed separately.
All three window focus modes are selectable.
MATE Panel now has the ability to change icon sizes for menubar and menu items.
MATE NetSpeed Applet has been merged into the MATE Applets package.
MATE Terminal support VTE 2.91 API when built for GTK+3.
Volume and Brightness OSD can now be enabled/disabled.
Translations are updated. Thank you to our team of translators!

The various components of MATE 1.14 are available for download here:

http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/1.14/

Screenshots

MATE 1.14 Screenshots

Changelog

Here is a more detailed break down of what has changed.

mate-common

Remove references to obsolete MATE components

mate-desktop

Drop MateConf migration script and ancient mate-conf-import tool
Fix deprecated usage of GtkHBox and GtkVBox in GTK+3 build

libmatekbd

Drop MateConf migration script
Reduce introspection build warnings
Fix some GTK+3 deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

libmatemixer

Require PulseAudio 2.0 or newer
Improve error checking in many places
Fix PulseAudio volume limits
Some other PulseAudio fixes
Some fixes and improvements in alsa and oss backends
Assorted fixes and cleanups

libmateweather

Drop obsolete build flags
Small fix in schema

mate-icon-theme

Add system-config-keyboard icons

Caja

Drop MateConf migration script
Allow closing tabs on middle-click
List Python extensions separately in extensions list
GTK+3: add several style classes to simplify theming
GTK+3: fix desktop flash issue
GTK+3: a lot of deprecation fixes
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-polkit

GTK+3: fix several deprecations

Marco

Drop MateConf migration script
Fix visual glitches appearing after unmaximizing Chromium window
Correct description of compositing-fast-alt-tab GSettings key (mention that it disables thumbnails)
Bump libmarco-private’s sover for GTK+3 build
GTK+3: re-add ability to show alt-tab thumbnails when compositor is enabled
GTK+3: fix several deprecations

mate-settings-daemon

Drop MateConf migration script
media-keys: add setting to enable/disable OSD
touchpad: support edge and two-finger scrolling independently (use separate GSettings keys for them)
xsettings: add settings for cursor theme and size
GTK+3: several deprecation fixes
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-session-manager

Drop MateConf migration script
GTK+3: fix some deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-menus

Move mate-preferences-categories.menu out of mate-control-center.

This file can be packaged separately so users can decide whether they want categories in the preferences menu or not.

mate-panel

Drop MateConf migration script
Add separate “Delete” button in reload applet dialog, and make “Don’t Reload” button do what it says (it won’t delete applet permanently now)
Make max number of bookmarks in menu (before submenu is created) configurable via GSettings key
Make icon size of menu items configurable via GSettings key
Change default menubar icon size to 22px
Drop “Ubuntu hacks” (--enable-ubuntu build option) as Ubuntu dropped that stuff long ago
GTK+3: add several style classes
GTK+3: add several css names for 3.20
GTK+3: fix rendering of custom backgrounds with 3.18 and newer
GTK+3: fix a lot of deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-themes

Full support for GTK 3.20.
Client Side Decorated applications render correctly in all themes.
Assorted improvements and refinements for all themes

mate-notification-daemon

Drop MateConf migration script
GTK+3: explicitly wrap notification text at 50 characters
GTK+3: stop reversing fg/bg colors in slider theme (use colors from current GTK+ theme as is)
GTK+3: some more fixes for slider theme
GTK+3: some deprecation fixes

mate-control-center

Drop MateConf migration script
Drop “Ubuntu hacks” (--enable-ubuntu build option) as Ubuntu dropped that stuff long ago
Move mate-preferences-categories.menu to mate-menus
Touchpad settings: support edge and two-finger scrolling independently
Window properties: make all three window focus modes selectable
GTK+3: fix theme previews in mate-appearance-properties
GTK+3: fix several deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-screensaver

Drop MateConf migration script
GTK+3: fix several deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-media

GTK+3: add css name GvcMixerDialog for 3.20
GTK+3: fix several deprecations

mate-power-manager

Drop MateConf migration script
Fix possible crash when an Xorg function call fails
GTK+3: fix deprecations in brightness applet
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-system-monitor

Move to GTK+3, drop GTK+2 code and --with-gtk build option
Set minimum required GTK+ version to 3.14, drop some deprecated code
Run gksu binary instead of loading libgksu2.so (which is GTK+2 only)
Drop MateConf migration script
Main window: save maximized state in gsettings on exit and load it on startup
Disks: add saving and loading width and visibility of columns
Process properties: show cgroups
Process properties: show N/A when cgroups or selinux isn’t set
Process table: show running state when CPU time changes
Change graph grid line colors and pattern
Draw the background of graphs explicitly to avoid issues with GTK+ 3.20
Fix incorrect icons for some known apps like marco or vino
Assorted fixes and cleanups

Atril

Drop MateConf migration script
Update copyrights, mention MATE team in Caja extension
Use org.gnome.SessionManager DBus name to inhibit screensaver
GTK+3: add atril-window style class to top level
GTK+3: add css name EggToolbarEditor for 3.20
Assorted fixes and cleanups

caja-extensions

Drop MateConf migration scripts
GTK+3: some deprecation fixes
Assorted fixes and cleanups

Engrampa

Drop MateConf migration script
Fix random crash in “open with” dialog
7z: avoid problems with ‘?’ char in filenames
7z: correct checking for p7zip 15.09+
rar: avoid “No files to extract” message when disabling overwriting existing files
tar: allow changing contents of .txz files (like it’s allowed for .tar.xz files)
unar: avoid problems with ‘?’ char in filenames

Eye of MATE

Drop MateConf migration script
Use org.gnome.SessionManager DBus name to inhibit screensaver
Auto-reload unmodified images when their file is changed
GTK+3: add eom-window style class at top level
GTK+3: add css name EggToolbarEditor for 3.20
GTK+3: fix SVG rendering
GTK+3: fix several deprecations
Assorted more fixes and cleanups

mate-applets

Drop MateConf migration scripts
Drop null_applet which isn’t even buildable these days
Re-license command and timer applets under GPL-2+
Merge netspeed applet from mate-netspeed project (and discontinue that project)
GTK+3: fix cpufreq applet rendering
GTK+3: fix setting fg/bg colors and font type in stickynotes applet
GTK+3: fix several deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-netbook

Drop MateConf migration script
GTK+3: fix some deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-netspeed

Has been merged into the mate-applets package.

mate-sensors-applet

Assorted fixes and cleanups

mate-terminal

Support VTE 2.91 API in GTK+3 build
Compile dingu regexes with MULTILINE option
Fix incorrect ordering of COLS and ROWS in command-line option description and in the manpage
GTK+3: add style class mate-terminal
GTK+3: fix window sizes for 3.20
GTK+3: fix several deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

Drop MateConf migration script
Don’t translate Keywords field in .desktop files
GTK+3: fix some deprecations

mate-utils

Drop MateConf migration scripts
Disable effects and delay options in mate-screenshot UI when launched with -ai command line argument
Use hyphens instead of colons in screenshot filenames by default
GTK+3: fix a lot of deprecations and some UI issues
Don’t use -Werror flag in build
Assorted fixes and cleanups

Mozo

Ported to GTK+3 and GObject Introspection, dropped old PyGTK related code.

Pluma

Drop MateConf migration script
Implement middle-click tab closing
Add a new Configure dialog for the Spell Check plugin
Make switch-c tool in external tools work
Fixed potential shell-code injection
GTK+3: add style classes pluma-window and pluma-print-preview
GTK+3: fix several deprecations
Assorted fixes and cleanups

caja-dropbox

Minor cleanups