Apparently, Torvalds’s call for the second Gnome’s fork was heard.
Mate, embodies one of the basic principles of the philosophy of the ACT: “Do not like the trends in the development of the project? Fork it! , And promises to be a safe haven for users dissatisfied with the innovations of Gnome3.
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The developers describe their brainchild as "a non-intuitive and unappealing desktop for users who are used to traditional ways of interacting with the system." Regarding the unattractiveness of developers, of course they are slightly cunning - Compiz works for itself, and nobody forbids customizing DE.