Calculate Linux MATE For Linux

Calculate Linux MATE is a free computer operating system licensed under an open-source license, based on the famous Gentoo Linux distribution and built around the traditional and lightweight MATE desktop environment.

The MATE edition of Calculate Linux has been designed from the ground up to provide users with an alternative desktop environment to the existing Xfce and KDE flavors of the project. MATE is an open-source project forked from the GNOME 2 desktop interface.

Calculate Linux MATE is currently distributed as two Live DVD hybrid-ISO images, one for each of the supported hardware architectures, 32-bit and 64-bit. Users can write the ISO images on either USB flash drives of 2GB or higher capacity, or DVD discs.

Both Live DVDs feature the same boot menu, allowing the user to run the live session with default settings, in RAM, or without a graphical interface. It lets you access the Calculate Linux LiveDVD Builder utility, and the Memtest86+ memory diagnostic tool.

When booting the live session from the bootable medium (USB or DVD), the MATE desktop environment will load directly, without having to enter any credentials. The MATE's layout is traditional, consisting of a top panel and a bottom dock (hidden by default).

While the dock lets you quickly access some of the most used apps, the top panel includes all the essential applets, such as the Applications Menu, system tray area, calendar, clock, system menu, workspace switcher, application launcher, and task manager.

Default applications include the Chromium web browser, Claws Mail email client, Deluge torrent downloader, FileZilla FTP client, HexChat IRC client, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, Remmina remote desktop client, Skype VoIP client, and the entire LibreOffice office suite.

You can also find programs like the Clementine audio editor, SMPlayer video player, YouTube Browser for SMPlayer, XSane scanner tool, GIMP image editor, Parcellite clipboard manager, and gtk-recordMyDesktop screen capture utility. The distro is currently powered by Linux kernel 3.18 LTS.