Ubuntu
Mate is a Ubuntu derivative distribution equipped with Mate
desktop environment. Ubuntu Mate has been recently
admitted among the official
Ubuntu derivatives, I've been reading some very positive post about
it so I decided for giving it a quick (live) look on the EEEPC even
if I had
already reinstalled my netbook computer with Xubuntu,
First
impressions
After
the usual process of preparing a USB disk an booting the netbook from
it I've been welcomed from a very Gnome-2-looking interface.
The
default interface provide the usual Applications, Places
and System menus: