Hi,
I stopped using ubuntu a long time back when it switched to the horrendous unity desktop but just two days back I saw ubuntu mate whilst searching for distros and it reminded me of the old Gnome ubuntu look that I used to love and I downloaded the 16.04 version right away and installed it and I am just loving it ever since.
Everything works ootb, I didn’t have to search for any drivers or anything and it looks so so sweet. Beautiful themes and the gnome look is the best, I have tried a lot of distros and desktops but nothing beats it and Mate desktop brings it all back.
So, I just wanted to thank all the developers and the whole Ubuntu-Mate team for making this distro, just perfect.
Thanks a lot!!