Ubuntu MATE 20.04 Focal Fossa released

The Ubuntu MATE team has announced the release of Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS with the code name Focal Fossa. This long term supported release of Ubuntu MATE is a result of 2 years of continuous refinements and improvements in the MATE ecosystem. Ubuntu MATE 19.10 was an interim footstep towards this release and was the most adopted Ubuntu MATE release so far.

Ubuntu MATE 20.04 Focal Fossa Preview

What improved since Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS

In this section, we are briefing some improvements in Ubuntu MATE since the Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS release. For a more detailed list of improvements in Ubuntu MATE 20.04, you can check out official release notes.

MATE Desktop 1.24

Multicolored theme variations with a single click for those who don’t like the default color scheme.

Experimental ZFS installation support.

Fixed various issues on Welcome, Brisk Menu, HiDPi display, irregular icon size, unresponsive Caja extensions, & other fixes.

GTK front end for fwupd, which is used for updating firmware.

Thumbnail preview for the minimized applications in the taskbar.

Alt + Tab navigation with both keyboard and mouse

Workspace switching with both keyboard and mouse

New keybindings for improved productivity.

Fixed mate-panel issue which crashes the panel when doing the reset.

Updated applications.