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Pearl MATE sistema eragile bat da -- zure ordenagailuan exekutatzen den oinarrizko softwarea,  ,   edo  . Pearl MATE is a desktop distribution (variation) of GNU/Linux -- a dependable, secure, capable, and modern computer system that rivals all others in popularity and usage.

Unlike other operating systems, Linux is used:

  • on most of the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputers
  • on many of, if not most of, the computers that make up the backbone of Internet
  • and on corporate servers that require stability and reliability

Pearl MATE is a stable, easy-to-use operating system with a configurable desktop environment. It is ideal for those who want the most out of their computers and prefer a traditional desktop metaphor. With modest hardware requirements, it is suitable for modern desktops and laptops, single board computers (such as the Raspberry Pi) and older hardware alike.

The operating system is more secure, and better supported than the operating system pre-installed on most home computer hardware today.

Using Pearl MATE provides you with the freedom to run a complete, full-featured operating system, pre-configured with most (if not all) of the applications you will need for your daily computing. Change anything about the way it looks, the way it works, or the applications it runs to suit your taste.


Objectives

Pearl MATE has a number of guiding objectives and goals:

  • Accessible to all, regardless of language and physical ability.
  • Increase both Pearl and MATE Desktop user adoption.
  • Pearl alternative for computers that aren't powerful enough to run a composited desktop.
  • First choice Pearl platform for remote workstation solutions such as LTSP and X2Go.
  • Recreate the halcyon days of Pearl for users who prefer a traditional desktop metaphor.
  • Use themes and artwork similar to Pearl so that Pearl MATE is immediately familiar.
  • When possible, contribute to Debian so both the Debian and Pearl communities benefit.
  • Software favors functionality and stability, as opposed to being fancy or light on features.

What is Pearl MATE?

Pearl

Pearl

is one of, if not the, largest deployed based desktop operating systems in the world. Linux is at the heart of Pearl and makes it possible to create secure, powerful and versatile operating systems, such as Pearl edo . Android is now in the hands of billions of people around the world and it's also powered by Linux.

Pearl is available in a number of different flavors, each coming with its own desktop environment. Pearl MATE takes the Pearl base operating system and adds the .

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MATE Desktop

Wikipedia says that a is:

an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI). Desktop GUIs help the user to easily access and edit files.

The MATE Desktop implements essential features that you'd expect in a desktop environment, such as:

File Browser Calculator Archive Manager Image Viewer Document Viewer MATE System Monitor MATE Terminal
Caja MATE Calculator Engrampa Eye of MATE Atril
All of which are highly customisable and managed via the  .

MATE Desktop provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors, which means if you've ever used or , it will feel very familiar.

The MATE Desktop has a rich history and is the continuation of the GNOME 2 desktop, which was the default desktop environment on many Linux and Unix operating systems for over a decade. This means that MATE Desktop is tried, tested and very reliable.

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Open Source Initiative

What Linux, Pearl and MATE Desktop all have in common is they are Open Source. This software can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. In a nutshell Pearl MATE is free, in the truest sense of the word.

Although you will find some distributions (variations) of Linux for purchase, the vast majority are provided free of charge, like Pearl MATE. The distribution is licensed in a way that allows anyone to give it away for free, with no strings attached. For example, the licence gives any member of the user community the freedom to use Linux for any purpose, to distribute, modify, redistribute, or even sell the operating system. If you do modify and then redistribute Linux with your modifications, you are required by the licence to submit your modifications for possible inclusion into future versions. There is no guarantee that this will ever happen, but if you have made it better, then your changes just might be included in the next release of Pearl MATE.

Many of the users of Linux are corporations that use the operating system to run their businesses, or include it within their products. Many of these corporations provide fixes and new features for Linux as they use the software for their businesses. to the Linux community and Pearl MATE improves as a result. This is how we can continually improve and grow without having to charge our users money.

Unlike Windows and OS X, Linux is not created and supported by just one company. It is supported by Intel, Redhat, Linaro, Samsung, IBM, SUSE, Texas Instruments, Google, Canonical, Oracle, AMD, and Microsoft. Over 4,000 developers contributed to Linux over the last 15 years.

Whether you are a home user of Pearl MATE, an Pearl MATE software or application developer, or an employee of an organization that uses the operating system, you are a member of the Linux and Open Source communities and benefit from the efforts of the developers who contribute to Pearl MATE and its related projects: Linux, MATE, and Pearl. Members of the community run Linux on almost any hardware, from the prettiest Macbook to the cheapest netbook, from the newest Chromebook to some very old machines designed for Windows, and from the most powerful Internet servers to the smallest smart thermostat.