Mate, was created in Argentina by Germán Perugorría, known as "Perberos" in the world of Free Software.
It is a desktop environment that continues the legacy of the traditional user experience, while carefully improving and modernizing it where necessary. It has a very interesting customization potential, which allows very attractive interfaces to be achieved; It also has its own efficient and lightweight applications.
It is currently supported by the developers of Linux Mint and Ubuntu, although it is available in the repositories of various GNU/Linux distributions.
Budgie Desktop - Download
Budgie, still young (Budgie v1 was released on February 18, 2014) initially developed for the "Evolve OS Linux" distribution, which later changed its name to Solus (today with an uncertain future), takes the technology of Gnome 3 and GTK. It has a very configurable "panel", in addition to the multi-use panel "RAVEN" located on the right that is displayed by clicking the icon at the end of the normal panel.
When using it for the first time, Budgie Desktop surprises as a robust and reliable desktop, geared towards productivity. An ideal desk for people looking for something simple, functional and useful for working.