As I round out my 2nd month on U-MATE, I find that there is nothing compelling which has made my user experience anything less than stellar. It is no secret that this community driven project is re-carving out the substantial niche which GNOME 2 once occupied; as Ubuntu MATE welcomes back disillusioned Unity refugees, while nurturing the needs of newbies and gurus, alike.
In these first six months of distro-hopping, in which Linux has been this newbie’s new work/grad-school production ally, nothing has performed more faithfully than Ubuntu MATE; that is why I am staying put. Ubuntu + MATE = “Just Works” - and only after two rigorous months can I claim this. Indeed, my whole family wishes to thank you all - for this pragmatic and stand-up OS, and for the unbeatable community that comes with it.
If I was granted three wishes from you guys, I could still only think of one: Intelligent Hiding (Intellihide) for the Top Panel. Ubuntu Unity has the feature I am speaking of; and it does differ in function, for me, from the auto-hide feature which I am presently utilizing with U-Mate. Intellihide just flows beautifully with everything from surfing to word processing - at least the one in Ubuntu Unity did.
Well, out of a half dozen distros I tried, prior to finding my home here, this is all I was able to glean - worthy enough to bring up for suggestion. Incidentally, I have found threads on other sites - speaking of various Linux distros, where they made this same request; so I am thinking it is a rare jewel to have this function on a top panel. Nevertheless, U-MATE is close to perfect, either way.
Thank you again, for all you do!
; check it out - you’ll see… they are, essentially, the opposite of each other
