Ubuntu MATE
Releases

Version
Codename
Release date
Supported until
Remarks
14.04 LTS
Trusty Tahr
2014-11-11
April 2019
Released after the 14.10 release in order to provide long-term support until 2019, following Ubuntu.
14.10
Utopic Unicorn
2014-10-23
July 2015
First release of Ubuntu MATE.
15.04
Vivid Vervet
2015-04-23
January 2016
First release as an official Ubuntu flavour.
15.10
Wily Werewolf
2015-10-22
July 2016
Features MATE 1.10, Ubuntu Software Centre not installed by default.
16.04 LTS
Xenial Xerus
2016-04-21
April 2019
First official LTS release; features MATE 1.12.x DE, expanded Welcome application and Software Boutique; has ZFS built in by default.
16.10
Yakkety Yak
2016-10-13
July 2017
Full GTK3+ implementation of the MATE Desktop. Most default applications are “Recommended” and can thus be uninstalled without issue.
17.04
Zesty Zapus
2017-04-13
January 2018
Previous non-LTS Ubuntu MATE release, with nine months of support. Concludes the migration to GTK3+.
17.10
Artful Aardvark
2017-10-19
July 2018
Non-LTS release.
18.04 LTS
Bionic Beaver
2018-04-26
April 2021
The current LTS release.
18.10
Cosmic Cuttlefish
2018-10-18
July 2019
Latest non-LTS 64-bit-only release, end of 32-bit support. Features MATE 1.20. Release for GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2.
19.04
Disco Dingo
April 2019
January 2020
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Question: When did Ubuntu MATE put out a non LTS-release?
Answer: Ubuntu MATE 17.10 was a non-LTS release that was released on October 19th, 2017.