This is the MATE terminal emulator application. mate-terminal is only the shell (menubar, prefs dialog); the terminal emulation ("stuff in the middle") comes from the VTE widget. Remember this when choosing a bugzilla component. ;-) How it works === Profiles - all settings are stored in profiles. prefs dialog edits the current profile Session - just the number of open windows/tabs and their profile is stored per-session Command line options - do not overlap things that are preferences