Ubuntu MATE 18.04 has released it's final ISOs to download

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I like Mate desktop, because it has lot of options to customize. I could make it as my desire and dream. It is my pleasure that Ubuntu is using MATE as it’s community based flavor for years. The new Ubuntu Mate 18.04 has been released on 26th April 2018.

New things are quite same in core side of Ubuntu main distribution. But antithetical and some functionality has made some great changes.

First of all this version is using MATE Desktop 1.20.1. That means it has transitioned from the GTK 2.24 based MATE 1.12 to the very latest MATE 1.20.1 based on GTK 3.22. So, everybody is waiting for many of the new features.

I am trying to tell some of them one by one:

The File Manager (Caja) has now ready to operate a lot of work. Developers has been added several new features to Caja. Those are:

• Advanced bulk rename - A batch renaming extension.
• Encryption - An extension which allows encryption and decryption of files using GnuPG.
• Hash checking - An extension for computing and validating message digests or checksums.
• ACL properties - An extension to edit access control lists (ACLs) and extended attributes (xattr). Folder Color - An extension for applying custom colours and emblems to folders and files. Replaced the deprecated caja-gksu with caja-admin which uses PolicyKit to elevate permissions in the file manager for administrative tasks.

Window Manager (Marco)
If hardware/drivers support DRI3 then the window manager (Marco) compositing is now hardware accelerated. This dramatically improves 3D rendering performance, particularly in games. If  hardware doesn’t support DRI3 then Marco will fall back to a software compositor.

Desktop Layouts
Ubuntu Mate developers make an amazing style to use various desktop layouts. It will bring a new kind of desktop experience to a new or older user. They called them diferently according to style and app organization.

• Familiar - the default experience, a familiar two panel layout with a searchable menu
• Mutiny - application dock, searchable launcher and global menus similar to Unity 7
• Cupertino - a dock and top panel with searchable launcher and global menus similar to macOS
• Redmond - single bottom panel with a searchable menu, similar to the taskbar in Windows
• Pantheon - a dock and top panel with a searchable menu
• Contemporary - modernised two panel layout featuring a searchable menu with global menus
• Netbook - a compact, single top panel layout, ideal for small screens
• Traditional - two panel layout featuring the iconic ‘Applications, Places, System’ menu

Super Key
It is known as Windows key, but in Mac OS the key is named Super Key. Now super can be used to activate the menus/launchers, and other key-bindings.

(MATE Dock Applet, used in the Mutiny layout, also includes launching or switching to docked items based on their position using in the dock using Super + 1, Super + 2 which will be familiar to Unity 7 users. Super + L is also recognised as a screen lock key-binding along with the usual Ctrl + Alt + L that MATE Desktop users expect.)

Global Menu
The Global Menu implementation has switched from TopMenu to Vala Panel Appmenu which is compatible with GTK, Qt, LibreOffice, Firefox/Thunderbird, Google Chrome, Electron and others.
Global Menus are integrated in the Mutiny and Cupertino desktop layouts but can be added to any panel. You could use it to maximise screen space in any Desktop layout.

Brisk Menu
Brisk Menu is an efficient, searchable, menu for the MATE Desktop is being using for years. It comes first in Solus Project, they are original maintainers of Brisk Menu.
The Mutiny and Cupertino desktop layouts make use of a new dash-style launcher, which enables a fullscreen searchable application launcher while the other layouts present Brisk Menu as a more traditional menu.

All informations are taken from Ubuntu-Mate (Bionic Beaver) 18.04 final release note page. You could get more informations and more screenshots there.

Both 32 bit and 64 bit isos are available to download.

Even you could install it on Apple PowerPC or Rasberry Pi. All ISO’s need different kind of hardware.

So, heed to this Ubuntu-Mate Download page and choose your preferred ISO to use in your own machine.

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Screen Saver in Linux

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We may not know that there is a huge collection of screen saver available for Linux. Most of them are colorful, attractive and aesthetically beautiful. It's name is 'xscreensaver'.

This jaigantic collection could be used in any Linux distribution. All Linux variants could download this bunch with their corresponding software or application download center.

Debian based Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linuxmint, Peppermint, Bodhilinux, AntiX, LXLE etc. could download it via 'Synaptic Package Manager'. Other Linux users could found it in 'YaST Software Management' or their own 'Software Center' or 'Package installation Center'.

xscreen saver and its screensavers packages in synaptic package manager

What they have?

According to supplied information XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11 desktop. This package has capability to only blank and lock computer's screen. But this screen saver could contain more than 200 screen savers with some extra download.

Install 'xscreensaver-data' to get two non-GL screensavers 'Fiberlamp' and 'Fuzzyflakes'.

Fiberlamp xscreen saver

Fuzzyflakes screensaver

Install "xscreensaver-data-extra" to get more screen savers. This package include a set of non-GL screensavers ant, anemone, anemotaxis, apollonian, apple2, attraction, barcode, blaster, blitspin, bouboule, boxfit, braid, bsod, bubbles, bumps, ccurve, celtic, cloudlife, compass, coral, critical, crystal, cynosure, deco, decayscreen, deluxe, demon, discrete, distort, drift, epicycle, eruption, euler2d, fadeplot, fireworkx, flag, flame, flow, fluidballs, fontglide, forest, galaxy, goop, grav, greynetic, halftone, halo, helix, hopalong, hyperball, hypercube, ifs, imsmap, interaggregate, interference, intermomentary, jigsqw, juggle, julia, memscroller, metaballs, mismunch, moire, moire2, mountain, munch, nerverot, noseguy, pacman, pedal, penrose, penetrate, petry, phosphor, piecewise, polyominoes, pong, pyro, qiz, rd-bomb, rocks, rorschach, rotor, rotzoomer, ripples, shadebobs, slidescreen, sonar, sierpinski, slip, speedmine, sphere, spiral, spotlight, squiral, starfish, strange, substrate, swirl, t3d, thornbird, triangle, truchet, twang, vermiculate, vidwhacker, vines, wander, whirlwindwarp, whirlygig, worm, wormhole, xanalogtv, xflame, xjack, xmatrix, xrayswarm, xspirograph and zoom.

I am going to show some of them with this xscreensaver image/photo/screenshot gallery below.

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How much power remaining in full charged Laptop Battery

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My two friends send me two screenshot took on their laptop some days ago. I installed LinuxMint 13 (Maya) on their laptop. Both of them are using Toshiba Satellite c100D laptop.
One of them shows that the fully charged battery has 4 hours 32 minutes of power to full discharge.

4 hours 32 minutes of battery power remaining at 100%

Another screenshot shows that 99% charged laptop battery has 3 hours 37 minutes of power.

Laptop battery has 3 hours 35 minutes remaining at 99.4 percent

I do not know the actual reason of this kind of different message in same type laptop and same type operating system.

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How long a fully charged battery run on laptop

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It is a common question that "How long a battery can run a laptop". It is Toshiba Satellite C800D and OS is Linuxmint13 (Mate). "Battery Charge Monitor" applet showing a ridicules information.
It shows that:

"System is running on battery power

264 hours 7 minutes (100%) remaining"

I am astonished! Really astonished!!

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Battery Charge different /variation in LinuxMint13

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I have installed Linux Mint 13 (Mate) in my friends laptop (Toshiba Satellite). I put a Battery charge Monitor applet in a panel. System start with its native 'Power Management Applet'. Both tools running smoothly. But both shows some different date about battery power when laptop running in battery. I found different information from both tool. When I just pool out the power cable from the laptop body:
 1. 'Battery Charge Monitor 1.2.1' shows:

System is running on battery power. 4 hours 12 minutes (98%) remaining

    System is running on battery power. 4 hours 12 minutes (98%) remaining  in LinuxMint 13

2. Default 'Power Manager' shows:

 Laptop battery 3 hours 40 minutes remaining (97.9%)

Laptop battery 3 hours 40 minutes remaining (97.9%) on LinuxMint13

 I am really confused. I don't know which is actual reading, which shows perfect information.

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Windows button layout right to left in LinuxMint Mate

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Desktop settings in Linux Mint Mate

I always like changing the position of windows buttons from right side to left side. It is a Mac like style which is getting popularity day by day. You may know that Ubuntu is using this style from years. I had told you the method of changing windows buttons layout position from right to left in Xfce desktop environment and Lxde desktop environment before.


Today I am publishing the customization method in Mate desktop environment.

This is really an easy task in LinuxMint Mate.

• First of all heed to 'Desktop Settings' through 'System > Preferences'.
• Now click on the 'Windows' at left menu.
• At 'Appearance' change the 'Buttons layout' from the drop down menu. There are two style. One is 'Traditional style (Right)' and other is 'Mac style (Left)'. 
• Change will take effect instantly.

Really great! Nah!

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