The new version of MATE 1.24 has already been released and these are its news

mate-desktop1.24

Few hours ago the release of the new version of the MATE 1.24 desktop environment was announced, which is an environment whose framework continues on the development of the GNOME 2.32 code base with the preservation of the classic concept of desktop formation.

In this new version of MATE 1.24 The first results of the MATE application portability initiative for Wayland are presented. For the work without reference to X11 in the Wayland environment they have adapted some components such as the Eye of MATE image viewer, the Wayland support in the MATE panel has been improved and the panel-multimonitor and panel-background applets are adapted for for use with Wayland (systray, panel struts, and back panel monitor are marked as available for X11 only).

In addition, In the window manager "Frame" the support for invisible borders is implemented to resize a window, thereby avoiding the user having to find a border beyond which they can grasp the window with the mouse. All window controls (close, minimize and expand buttons) are adapted for displays with a high pixel density.

Staple (the program for working with files) received support for additional formats rpm, udeb and Zstandard, in addition to organizing the work with files protected with password or with Unicode characters.

The calculator has improved the scientific calculations mode, the ability to use "pi" and "π" for the number Pi has been added, corrections related to the support of predefined physical constants have been made.

The control center provides the correct display of icons on screens with a high density (HiDPI) and in dialog boxes for switching virtual desktops and switching tasks (Alt + Tab), which are now more customizable, implemented in the style of the on-screen bar (OSD) and support navigation with keyboard arrows .

En Eye of MATE (the image viewer) support for built-in color profiles has been added and thumbnail generation has been redesigned and support for WebP images has been implemented.

Integration with clients for instant messaging has been added to the interface for choosing preferred controller applications and improvements have been made for people with disabilities.

In the taskbar, errors that cause a crash when changing the panel layout are fixed. The status display icons (notifications, system tray, etc.) are adapted for HiDPI displays.

Of the other changes that stand out from this new version of MATE 1.24:

  • Added the ability to cycle through different sized tile windows using the keyboard.
  • Support for NVMe drives has been added to the "System Monitor" applet.
  • Added a new application for time management (Date and Time Manager).
  • The indicator applet has improved working with custom-sized icons.
  • Completely redesigned and adapted for the HiDPI screen pictograms of the network configuration applet.
  • A "do not disturb" mode has been added to the notification manager, allowing you to disable the display of notifications for the duration of important work.
  • The "Wanda the Fish" applet, which displays the output of a predefined command, is fully adapted for high pixel density (HiDPI) displays.
  • In the applet, which displays the list of windows, the display of window thumbnails is implemented when hovering the mouse.
  • For systems not using systemd, elogind support has been implemented in the screen saver and session manager.
  • Added a new utility for mounting disk images (MATE Disk Image Mounter).
  • Acceleration profiles have been added to the Mouse Settings app.
  • Added support for undoing changes (Undo and Redo) to Mozo's menu editor.
  • The internationalization code for all applications has been translated from intltools to gettext.
  • The Pen text editor (a branch of Gedit) has the ability to display formatting tags. Pen plugins fully translated to Python 3.

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