On 3rd January 2025, the community officially turned 10 years old. 
It was this day, 11 AM, 10 years ago, that a man with a username sounding like an ice cream (or even a restaurant) created the community. That's roughly 72 days after the first remix ISO 
was released, an idea that started around a kitchen table.
As the word spread, the earliest members started registering 8 days later.
A toast!
Many thanks to everyone, past and present, for helping build this community to where it is today, a user-friendly distribution that implements the customisable and versatile MATE desktop. From the small things like providing feedback, to the members dedicating their time to make sure others' have a great computing experience.
A shout out to the veterans who stuck around since the very start! 
New Open Topic Category
In spirit of building a stronger bond in our small community, we're opening a new category to hang out with your fellow MATEies! (pun intended)
10 Years in Review
Topics & Posts
- First post ever is the one welcoming you to the community.
- Earliest topic shared news that PowerPC (Mac) support is coming.
- Most viewed topic (164K views) is an archived index that collated the community's tips, tricks & tutorials.
- Second most viewed (151K views) is a support request for apt failing to update.
- Most replied topic (425) is where everyone is sharing their desktop screenshots.
- Second most replied (222) is discussion & feedback around the first Raspberry Pi port (15.04)!
Members
- At time of writing, we have ~10,340 members!
- According to the "architecture" field in your profile, the figures:
- 77% = 64-bit
- 15% = Raspberry Pi
- 5% = 32-bit (i386)
- 1% =
PowerPC - (Any i386 or PowerPC users still here?)
- 77% =
- The most sign ups,
likes and topics were in April and May 2016.
- That's around the time of the first, official LTS release!
- That's around the time of the first, official LTS release!
- The second most 's were in October 2024.
- @mdooley who is sadly no longer with us, holds the all-time high read time of 41 days!
Hungry for more stats?
Mmmm, a delicious retrospective! 
What are the highlights you've had since joining this community?
