MATE 1.16 is out

A new version of the popular MATE desktop environment for Linux is out. This release is all about GTK+ 3 improvements and fixes. Let's see what's new in MATE 1.16.

The MATE 1.16 release is focused on improving GTK3+ compatibility, moving components to newer libraries, bugfixes and code improvements.  Here are the key changes in this release:

 

• Improved GTK3+ support across the entire MATE Desktop.
• Application and theme support for GTK+ 3.22.
• More applications build against GTK3+ only:
  • Engrampa
  • MATE Notification Daemon
  • MATE PolKit
  • MATE Session Manager
  • MATE Terminal

 

Some applications have been decoupled from libmate-desktop:

• Engrampa
• MATE Applets
• MATE Netbook
• MATE Power Manager
• MATE Terminal
• Pluma

Work has started to port applications to GApplcation:

• Engrampa
• MATE Applets
• MATE Netbook
• MATE User Share

• Many bugs and deprecations are fixed.
• Translations are updated.

As you can see, most of the changes are under the hood. Refer to the official announcement to get the full change log.