[Trisquel-users] Re : Next Trisquel LTS

[magicbanana]

I actually wrote that "there is some work on this desktop environment" to  
correct you writing that "MATE = Gnome 2.32 sources renamed". So, yes, there  
is some development. My point is that sticking with GTK 2 would mean  
maintaining older versions of the GNOME applications and, although there is a  
community behind MATE, that is a lot of work. It is unclear whether it is the  
plan.

You are right that both MATE and Cinnamon are proposed in the latest Mint.  
Given that Cinnamon is their latest development and is based on more recent  
technology, I tend to think Mint will drop MATE at some point (but I may be  
wrong). If no other major distribution adopts it, the community behind MATE  
will vanish.