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Those users who enjoy the classic desktop look on their Ubuntu desktop have been certainly disappointed by the absence of Ubuntu MATE from the recent Ubuntu release calendar. Fortunately, there is hope that the community project will soon return to its former glory. Thomas Ward, member of Ubuntu Community Council and Ubuntu Technical Board, has recently responded to questions about the future of the project: "There is a new team working on Ubuntu MATE who have stepped up to help take over flavor management. They haven't formally introduced themselves yet, but I can safely say that other developers have stepped up for the future of the MATE flavor, despite its prior team lead having stepped down. Ultimately, this means that they are working to cover the missed items and gaps, and may quite possibly have a 26.10 release in October of 2026, which I believe they most likely are targeting. This also means that bugs in the MATE environment and in packages they normally would have shipped had they have a 26.04 release are still going to get attention and fixes. So, effectively, nothing has changed. The only difference is that there was no 26.04 installer image released." The post also explains how to install the latest Ubuntu with the MATE desktop without the official installation media. |