Hey, are there some tips that you guys found really useful when using Ubuntu MATE, or just any Linux Distro in general?
I found out about dconf and gsettings quite recently, so that’s my level of understanding Linux, for those of you who are curious.
Thanks!
It’s not really related to Ubuntu MATE, but the thing I personally find most useful are the keyboard shortcuts.
When you can pop a terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and immediately type in init 0 to shut down or init 6 to reboot, it’s hard to get the motivation to drag the cursor towards the power button after a while.
I loved finding the xkb options in the settings: Control Center → Keyboard → Layouts tab → Options…
I use it to move some of the modifiers around — after many years on a Mac, I need the control keys on each side of the space bar.
This is also where you can enable the compose key (which is how I typed those fancy dashes and arrows 
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Also, if you install Meld, a visual diff tool, Caja will prompt you for a diff if you try to copy a text file over one with the same name.
The post I'm linking to below is kind of old and I'm sure that the contest results would be different today, but it should still apply for the purpose of improving your desktop workflow. Plus, even though the shoot-out was between Linux Mint desktop environments, the comparison includes MATE. So, I'd recommend trying each of the tests listed just so you are fully familiar with all of the ways to take advantage of drag and drop in the MATE DE. One thing not mentioned in the referenced post is that if you have Compiz running, you won't be able to "hover" something to be dropped over the workspace switcher applet (to automatically switch to that workspace) but the same functionality exists if you enable the Compiz addon that displays all of the apps running on your system if you allow it to be triggered by moving the mouse to the screen edge (or corner). Likewise, this can be done by allowing the mouse dragged to the workspace edge to "flip" to the next (or previous) workspace. Best of luck!