Ubuntu has released 14.04.1 LTS version of its MATE desktop distribution. Ubuntu provides support for LTS versions of distribution for many years. Ubuntu developers team follows fixed release cycle. According to the cycle, 14.04 LTS should have been released in April 2014 but the developers missed the deadline. So, Ubuntu released MATE 14.10 as per schedule in October of this year.
The
version number might confuse and look older to users but MATE 14.04.1
LTS is much more improved as compared to MATE 14.10. Ubuntu devs have
integrated many new features in 14.04.1 LTS. This new distro brings
indicators support, new panel layout, improved accessibility features
and the latest Orca 3.14. The UI of MATE 14.04.1 LTS is much more
polished than 14.10. Lot of new Debian packages have been added.
A
lot of users have seen adopting to Ubuntu MATE distro this year. With
the new LTS version, Ubuntu users can stick to the distro for long time
and not worry about updates. Ubuntu has pushed most of these changes to
MATE 14.10 via updates. Ubuntu devs will support Ubuntu MATE 14.04 LTS
till 2019. Users need not worry about security fixes and important
updates till 2019. The live CD is available for download on official
website.
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