> For whatever reason, distros will ship with the new thing. Chicken and egg problem: Popular distros will follow popular DE's, because they have the most peop

> For whatever reason, distros will ship with the new thing. Chicken and egg problem: Popular distros will follow popular DE's, because they have the most people making their way out of bugs and problems. MATE, on the other hand, is kinda barren compared to more popular options. Even if it's the same old Gnome2 desktop of yore