I was an old user of debian with xfce and later xubuntu i was a devoted xfce fan !
But ubuntu mate has won me !
Its fast its cool !
I have installed the newest amdgpu drivers and vdpau mesa fro the oibaf repository and i have the best
performance for my amd graphics card !
Everything is fast and cool !
Some thoughts:
- Do something about tearing guys cause i need to have the compiz compositor to stop tearing
- please configure compiz and disable the graying non responsive windows option,
also enable the scaling/expose future its cool. - synapse is not cool replace it with gnome-do is cooller and more stable
- it would be cool for the lightdm to update its background with your active wallpaper
Congratulations for Ubuntu Mate its the best distro !